Four Australian tourists in hospital in Fiji with suspected alcohol poisoning

Foreign affairs department updates travel advice for Fiji to include warning about risk of methanol poisoning and drink spiking

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Four Australians are seriously ill in hospital in Fiji after staying at a five-star Coral Coast hotel resort, with what local authorities suspect is alcohol poisoning.

However the resort management responded on Monday saying the drinks in question did not contain substituting ingredients".

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