Aussie mum evacuated after being poisoned at luxury resort in Fiji By TITA SMITH IN FIJI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 07:17 GMT, 18 December 2024 | Updated: 07:18 GMT, 18 December 2024 e-mail Advertisement An Australian mother who fell ill after drinking tainted cocktails at a five-star resort has been airlifted back home in an air ambulance. A medevac plane dispatched from Brisbane arrived at Nadi at 2.20pm on Wednesday after the 49-year-old was given the all clear to return to Australia.
The flight is expected to take three-and-a-half hours and arrive later Wednesday night. The woman, who spent four days in ICU, was taken to the airport in an ambulance while accompanied by a DFAT official and her 18-year-old daughter just after 5pm. The ambulance along with an entourage of cars pulled up at a side security gate that lead straight onto the tarmac.
Airport security patted down her daughter and a doctor as they performed security checks before ushering them through the gate. Before boarding, aviation staff could be seen removing a chair from the plane then laying down a blanket in the aircraft. Several staff then rolled the woman out of the back of the ambulance on a stretcher, before tenderly helping her to get up and walk onto the plane.
The woman was the last of four Aussies to be released from hospital after six tourists fell ill on Saturday from pina coladas served at the Warwick Resort on the country's Coral Coast. Her daughter, who was also among those who fell i.
