Eight Indian tourists airlifted to Kathmandu die upon arrival at hospital: Police

KATHMANDU/HETAUDA: Eight Indian tourists, who were airlifted to Kathmandu after being found unconscious in a suite of a resort in Daman, Thaha Municipality of Makawanpur district today morning, died in a hospital.

Chief at Makawanpur District Police Office (DPO), Superintendent of Police (SP) Sushil Singh Rathaur confirmed that the Indian nationals were pronounced dead upon arrival at HAMS Hospital in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu.

The eight deceased Indian nationals, two couples and four children — comprising a group of 15 people travelling to Pokhara from Kerala — were returning home. According to police, on the way, they had stopped at Everest Panorama Resort in Daman last night.

According to the manager at the resort, Shiva KC, the guests who arrived at around 9:30 pm yesterday from Pokhara stayed in a room and turned on a gas heater to keep warm. Although they had booked a total of four rooms, eight of them stayed in one room while the remaining of them in another room, the manager said. He added that all windows and the door of the room where the eight were staying were bolted from inside.

Police were informed of their unconscious state after other members of the group went to check on them this morning, Manager KC said. Subsequently, a helicopter belonging to Kailash Helicopter Services Pvt Ltd airlifted the unconscious tourists to HAMS Hospital in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu in two shifts, stated Head Constable Suman Dhakal at Simbhanjyang-based police post.

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Eight Indian tourists found unconscious in Makawanpur resort; airlifted to Kathmandu

KATHMANDU/HETAUDA: Eight Indian tourists were found unconscious in a suite of a resort in Daman, Thaha Municipality of Makawanpur district today morning.

According to Head Constable Suman Dhakal at Simbhanjyang-based police post, the group of Indian tourists comprising two couples and four children were found unconscious in a suite of Everest Panorama Resort in Daman this morning.

A group of 15 Indian nationals who had travelled all the way from Kerala — an Indian state on the southwestern Malabar Coast — to Pokhara was returning home, police informed.

According to the manager at the resort, Shiva KC, the guests who arrived at the resort at around 9:30 pm yesterday from Pokhara, stayed in a room and turned on a gas heater to keep themselves warm. Although they had booked a total of four rooms, eight of them stayed in a room and remaining others in another room, the manager said, and added that all the windows and the door were bolted from inside.

Police presumed that the guests may have passed out due to lack of ventilation.

A helicopter belonging to Kailash Helicopter Services Pvt Ltd airlifted five of the unconscious tourists to HAMS Hospital in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu while others are being carried by the same rescue chopper in the next shift, stated Head Constable Dhakal.

Further details of the incident are awaited.