A man in New Zealand found his girlfriend dead in a hot spring pool while they were celebrating a romantic trip for his birthday. The British "Daily Mail" reported on July 5 that the autopsy report showed that in March this year, Deborah Jeanne Long, a 67-year-old Christchurch woman, was found lying in a hot spring pool.
It is reported that Deborah Jenny Lang had been drinking before entering the hot spring pool and continued to drink in the pool.
The companion heard the sound of the bottle breaking and turned to find her unconscious in the water. He pulled her out, but it was too late.
Ms. Long was dead when emergency services arrived, the report said.
Dr Sage, a pathologist, did an autopsy and confirmed that the 67-year-old had a blood alcohol content of 245 milligrams per 100 milliliter, almost five times the legal limit on blood alcohol levels for drivers over the age of 20 in New Zealand, who had died of a heart attack.
Coroner Anna Tarton wrote that Ms. Long died of "functional cardiovascular failure due to alcoholism, as well as soaking in hot spring pools against the background of hypertensive heart disease".
Dr. Sage said in the report, "Sudden death or complete immersion in water resulting in body collapse is indistinguishable from drowning, which is a recognized risk of using thermal pools." This is especially true in the case of simultaneous occurrence of alcoholism and underlying cardiovascular disease. ”
In Japan and South Korea, dr. Sage said, there is a lot of information about the risks of using hot spring pools, and there have been thousands of deaths reported and investigated. The coroner noted that it was unclear whether the public was aware of the risks, but knowing them could prevent further deaths.