At least 30 dead from drinking adulterated alcohol sold illegally in Ecuador

Doctor attends to a patient in EcuadorEuropa PressThe health authorities have reported 16 deaths in the province of EsmeraldasThe latest report from the Ministry of Health of Ecuador has raised this Monday to 30 the dead and 89 those admitted for intoxication by ingesting an adulterated alcohol sold without control nor registration in the Ecuadorian provinces of Esmeraldas and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. Health authorities have reported 16 deaths in the province of Esmeraldas, in the north of the country, as well as another 14 deaths in the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. Tsáchilas, a hundred kilometers west of Quito, the capital. In addition, of the total number of people under clinical study, six patients remain in critical condition. Likewise, the number of people who have been discharged since the last report has risen to 30. This outbreak of intoxicated people takes place after alcohol was sold without any type of registration and of “doubtful origin”. The Ecuadorian Police came to seize 50,000 liters of this type of liquor in Esmeraldas and Santo Domingo. Given this situation, the health authorities maintain active surveillance of people who have ingested alcohol and present symptoms, such as blurred vision, abdominal pain, nausea , dizziness and loss of consciousness, urging people who present said stomatology to go to a medical center