The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the deaths of two Dutch tourists, Robert Gerrit Kootte and Nienke Guri Trishna Bawa, who arrived in Cartagena on Saturday, 20 August.
The young Dutch had arrived in Cartagena at night from Santa Marta.. And a trip to San Andrés via the Colombian Caribbean on Monday, August 22nd, was included, but tragedy struck.
this authorities They are looking for a foreign couple to accompany the Dutch. Sunday to bazurto market and then a dinner on Calle del Arsenal in the historic centre.
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When the couple arrived in the city, they went to the Casa del Coliseo Hotel on Calle del Coliseo, where they had booked.
It was known in the last hours that on Sunday morning, They were dining with two other travelers at the popular Bazurto market. in an experience tourism program
At night, they ate at a restaurant called El Arsenal The Rum Box, owned by businessman Abraham Dau, son of the city’s mayor, William Dau.
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But on Monday – according to a statement by the District of Cartagena – “an emergency has arisen.”
They received medical attention at the hotel earlier that day, but were transferred to the Medihelp clinic in Bocagrande due to serious health conditions.
On Monday night, 22, the death of the 29-year-old woman was recorded; and on Tuesday morning his partner, 31, passed away.
“We treated two Dutch nationals at night with a significant adherence to their general condition before a picture. The female patient needed resuscitation because her vital responses were severely affected. But this resuscitation didn’t work and he died,” said Javier Hernández, Medihelp’s medical director.
Meanwhile, Robert Gerrit Kootte was taken to intensive care.
“He spent all night photographing a relevant seizure that was evident from his arrival, but sadly died in the morning hours,” added Hernández.
The medical center’s preliminary results are that two tourists died of drunkenness.
John Montano
THE TIME Correspondent
Cartagena
Source: Exame
