Australian teen among suspected mass poisoning suffered seizure after drinking cocktail at Fiji resort, grandfather says

David Sandoe says a late night phone call from his daughter sent shivers down his spine after recent methanol poisonings killed two Australians in Laos

Two of four Australians who were hospitalised after a suspected mass alcohol poisoning in Fiji are returning home as investigations focus on “many” pina coladas served at a luxury resort.

The father and grandfather of two of the Australians, David Sandoe, told Sky News his daughter Tanya and her daughter Georgia had been discharged from hospital and received confirmation they were medically fit to travel.

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