Two tourists have died after suffering a fatal disease while on vacation in Sri Lanka. According to local media reports, both deceased stayed in the Miracle Colombo City Hostel in the center of Colombo.
Ebony Mcintosh, a 24 -year -old British influence, and Nadine Raguse, a 27 -year -old German woman, became very sick and, according to the reports, were transferred to the hospital to be treated by vomiting, nausea and breathing difficulties on February 1, according The reports.
A few hours after his arrival at the hospital, McIntosh and Raguse, who had the same symptoms, died.
The exact cause of his death has not been revealed at the time of this writing. But the reports suggest that McIntosh and Raguse may have suffered a possible chemical poisoning, since the adjacent shelter room had been fumigated with phosphine, which is a mortal chemist that is used to kill bed bugs. According to the reports, the room had been sealed for 72 hours after treatment on January 30.
The Miracle Colombo City Hostel, where it was said that Raguse and Mcintosh had shared a room, has been closed after an emergency order by the local police.
Ebony's sister, India Mcintosh, published a tribute on social networks, writing: “For my ebony, my beautiful sister, thank you, thank you for being my older sister, a better than I could have asked.”
“Thank you for guiding me during these 20 years of my life, I'm very lucky to have had you. Thanks for being my inspiration, ”he continued. “Now I can show all my beautiful sister, your smile and contagious energy, your passion and impulse, that's my sister!”
India added that he is “truly disconsolate” and that “he cannot believe that he is writing this, he feels like a nightmare that I have not yet aroused.”
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“We will get justice for his sister, he had a lot of life to live. You reach only 4 days in your travel months. Very excited and happy to see the world. We will finish your adventure for your ebo, thanks for giving us a great beginning, ”he continued. “I am so sad that you will not be here to see us through our life trips and vice versa, but we are infinitely proud of everything you achieved, you were always apologies and did exactly what you wanted to do.”
India has also launched a GOFUNDME Page to help your family travel to Sri Lanka to take Ebony's body home once the post mortem exam has been performed. Until now, more than £ 44,000 (almost C $ 65,373) of the £ 40,000 (almost C $ 59,430) have been collected, as of February 6.
“We are absolutely disconsolate when sharing that our beautiful girl and older sister Ebony died unexpectedly on Saturday, February 1, 2025, thousands of miles away from home,” India wrote on behalf of her family. “Words cannot begin to express how broken we are, it has been like a nightmare since we learned on Sunday morning, we have prayed and prayed so that this cannot be true. I couldn't happen to our lovely EBS. “
In January, McIntosh flew from Heathrow airport in London to “follow his dreams of traveling all over the south of Asia, starting in Sri Lanka,” according to Gofundme Post.
“He was full of emotion for his adventures ahead, in the typical ebony style he had spent months investigating and planning schedules for the coming months. His trip was cruelly interrupted on Saturday, February 1, when he became very ill in the hostel in which he was staying, ”the post continued. “She and several others were transferred to the hospital to be treated by vomiting, nausea and in the case of Ebony, difficulty breathing.”
The fund collection page said that McIntosh died “a few hours after arriving at the hospital, they could not save our beautiful girl.”
“We can't even begin to imagine how scared he must have felt at that time and we hurt so much to think about the pain he was.
The post said Mcintosh “died with someone from the shelter by his side” and that the family is grateful to the man who stayed with her during his last moments. Information about Raguse publicly has not been published, apart from its nationality, age and name.
“We have established a gofundme to raise money to take our family to Sri Lanka to be with our beautiful ebony and bring it home where it belongs. The authorities in Sri Lanka cannot free us to Ebony until a complete autopsy has been completed. There is also an ongoing investigation due to the tragic circumstances related to how he died, ”India wrote.
India said her family can not wait any longer to see McIntosh and that they are raising money to go to flight costs, hotel accommodation, emergency passports, vaccines, visas and funeral services.
“We need to be with our beautiful ebony as soon as possible, we hate the idea that she is alone in a foreign country. We want to bring her back home safely to rest. We just have to take care of our angel, ”concluded the publication.
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