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British holidaymakers killed by pesticide to exterminate bed bugs in Egypt hotel, coroner rules | UK News<\/p>\n
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A British couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a pesticide to kill bed bugs was sprayed in the room next door at their hotel in Egypt, a coroner has ruled. <\/p>\n
John and Susan Cooper suddenly fell ill while they were staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada in August 2018.<\/p>\n
Mr Cooper, 69, and his wife, 63, had been enjoying a “brilliant” holiday until the eighth day of their stay, Preston Coroner’s Court heard.<\/p>\n
Around lunchtime on 20 August the room next door to the couple – which had an adjoining locked door, was fumigated with a pesticide known as Lambda, to tackle a bed bug infestation.<\/p>\n
The room was then sealed with masking tape around the door.<\/p>\n
Hours later, the couple returned to the room for the night, but were both found seriously ill by their daughter the following day.<\/p>\n
Mr Cooper was declared dead in their room on 21 August, while Mrs Cooper died in hospital.<\/p>\n
The three-day inquest heard that in some countries Lambda is sometimes diluted with another substance, dichloromethane, which causes the body to metabolise or ingest carbon monoxide.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Dr James Adeley, senior coroner for Lancashire, ruled the couple died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhaling vapour from a pesticide which contained dichloromethane.<\/p>\n
‘It should never have been allowed to happen’ <\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking outside the court, Mr and Mrs Cooper’s daughter, Kelly Ormerod, described the “pain and loss” family members have felt in the wake of the tragedy.<\/p>\n “After more than five years of waiting we have finally been given closure today on the cause of mum and dad’s death,” she said.<\/p>\n “No matter what the outcome today brought, nothing would make up for the pain and loss we’ve felt since that day.<\/p>\n “To go on a family holiday full of the joys and excitement, spending quality time together, to then be faced with the heart-rending event that happened, will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n “To this day our family struggle to comprehend what happened. It should never have been allowed to happen.<\/p>\n “The last few years have been the most traumatic and emotional time for all of us involved.<\/p>\n “While time has moved on it’s stood still for our family because of the many unanswered questions we have had.<\/p>\n “There’s now a huge void in our lives and I don’t think we will ever fully come to terms with losing them the way that we did – they were both fit and healthy.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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