SOURCE: REAL NEWS – Investigations are underway into the sudden death of a 29-year-old who fell ill on an international flight to Antigua and Barbuda; however, foul play is not suspected.
Reports say the young man became unresponsive on a British Airways flight here.
Upon landing at the V.C. Bird International Airport, the passenger was immediately transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre by the Emergency Medical Services and was treated in the Emergency Room.
The Police were notified of the death by a hospital doctor, who contacted the Criminal Investigations Department.
When officers visited the hospital to conduct inquiries, they reportedly found no marks of violence on the body of the British citizen.
According to reports, however, the man’s 65-year-old mother told the Police that her son had been diagnosed with hypotension, DM Type 1, and ulcerative colitis for which he had been hospitalized on many different occasions.
During an interview conducted by the Police, they learned that the woman and her son had been in St. Kitts and Nevis; and, while there, the young man had fallen ill and been hospitalized.
Reportedly, he had spent five days in the Intensive Care Unit of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, where he was further diagnosed with sepsis and blood poisoning.
He had received IV fluid, antibiotics and insulin as treatment, the mother said. According to the mother, the young man had become dehydrated and was losing weight rapidly.
She said he also had a habit of discharging himself from various hospitals, the most recent being the one in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Coroner Joanne Walsh was informed of the man’s death and gave permission for the body to be removed to Barnes Funeral Home for storage, on request of the family.
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