Doctors revise 150 autopsies to find methanol-related deaths

Doctors in Ostrava have found out that a 73-year-old woman, who died in the north-eastern town of Havířov in May, was killed by methanol. They will now revise the results of 150 autopsies that have been carried out since May to confirm whether any of the deceased also died due to methanol intoxication, the head of the Ostrava hospital’s forensic department said on Thursday. Ten people have died of methanol poisoning in the Moravian-Silesian region.

Author: Jan Richter