Singaporean tourist dies after massage at Phuket’s Patong beach

SINGAPORE: A Taiwanese person has died in Phuket following a massage&nbsp, at Patong Beach while on holiday. &nbsp,

The 52-year-old visited a massage shop at the popular tourist spot&nbsp, on Saturday ( Dec 7 ), said the Bangkok Post citing Thai police. &nbsp,

Mr Lee Mun Tuk, who was given an “oil body treatment” for 45 days, stopped breathing quickly after the service. &nbsp,

According to Patong police main Chalermchai Hernsawad, the store’s staff requested assistance from the officers and medical personnel when Mr. Lee failed to regain consciousness after receiving CPR.

Khaosod English said Mr Lee had experienced breathing problems. His family informed the authorities that she did not believe there was foul play and that her husband had pre-existing medical problems. &nbsp,

Additionally, Mr. Lee’s family, according to Thai media, planned to bring her father’s body residence for religious rites and did not consent to an autopsy. &nbsp,

CNA has contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore for more details. &nbsp,

THAI SINGER DIES AFTER THREE Massage

The incident happened the same weekend as a Thai song died after receiving three massage in a month, though no cause of death has been determined for Mr. Lee. &nbsp,

According to the Bangkok Post, two of them involved the spinning of her spine.

Chayada Prao-hom claimed she had a bad brain ache and that she had contacted the massage parlor in Udon Thani to get treatment for it on Twitter in early November.

However, after the first treatment, she experienced pain in the back of her mind. Afterwards, when her arm started to grow cold, she returned to the massage studio for a minute session, which only made her worse.

She explained in her Instagram post that she continued to use the treatment because she had previously studied Thai massage and that her mother also used to massage. &nbsp,

After her next session, she experienced bruising and swelling that eventually led to dizziness in her neck and abdomen. She claimed that her body was only functioning at a lower 50 % and that she finally was unable to lift her right shoulder. &nbsp,

Around 6am on Sunday, Ms. Chayada was declared dead at a clinic in Udon Thani. She died from a blood infections and head swelling, said Bangkok Post. &nbsp,

Regulators are checking whether the place she went to has a license to offer these services. &nbsp,

The risk of negative effects from massage is low, according to the site of the US National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. &nbsp,

But, there have been rare reports of serious side effects, such as a blood clots, brain damage or spine fracture.

Such cases frequently involved strenuous types of treatments, it added. &nbsp,