Chris Brook, 30, a senior flight cabin manager for Thomas Cook Airlines, died from malaria weeks after working on a long-haul flight to the Gambia in Africa.
Malaria tragedy of airline steward
Sad story: Thomas Cook Airlines steward died from malaria
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very serious indeed.
I think that the employer could be sued. The employer must protect its employees and provide malaria profilaxis or at least warn for the danger.
On the other hand , having taken LariamB myself, a malaria profilaxis can cause side effects almost as heavy as a mild malaria attack itself.
Nausea, sleepiness, vomitting, sweating, all kind of things that a flight attendant can miss.
Sad for that guy and his mother.
Let us also think a minute about the millions of african people who don't have malaria profilaxis...
I think that the employer could be sued. The employer must protect its employees and provide malaria profilaxis or at least warn for the danger.
On the other hand , having taken LariamB myself, a malaria profilaxis can cause side effects almost as heavy as a mild malaria attack itself.
Nausea, sleepiness, vomitting, sweating, all kind of things that a flight attendant can miss.
Sad for that guy and his mother.
Let us also think a minute about the millions of african people who don't have malaria profilaxis...
The first time I travelled to a malaria are I did take Lariam, and this for three weeks... Side effects can indeed be pretty serious...
Even when you take these medication you can still get malaria, so I decided not take it anymore... My next trip was a 4 month one, I couldn't imagine taking Lariam for three months so I just protected myself with DEET (against the mosquitoes)...
Even when you take these medication you can still get malaria, so I decided not take it anymore... My next trip was a 4 month one, I couldn't imagine taking Lariam for three months so I just protected myself with DEET (against the mosquitoes)...
Well in Luanda I take Malarone. They are Malaria pills with far fewer side effects than conventional Malaria tablets. Problem is that they are horrendously expensive. I pay around 125 Euro for 24 tablets. Well I say I pay,.....of course I am on business so I don;t pay.
The benefit is that the side effects dont seem to be there - unless tiredness is one of them...but that could justbe the heat!
The benefit is that the side effects dont seem to be there - unless tiredness is one of them...but that could justbe the heat!
I agree with Stoney,
Lariam doesn't prevent you from getting malaria and the side-effects...man o man, never again...If you get all the side-effects like described in the leaflet (which was my case), you're not able to function in a normal way let alone do your job and responsibilities as a flight attendant. I know a lot of people who had problems with these side effects ranging from mild to severe. It surprises me it's still prescribed so often. But that's just my opinion, there are people who have no problems, but I wouldn't know what to do to protect myself if I was in the case of the TC-attendant....
interesting link about the matter: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/6913/lariam.htm
Lariam doesn't prevent you from getting malaria and the side-effects...man o man, never again...If you get all the side-effects like described in the leaflet (which was my case), you're not able to function in a normal way let alone do your job and responsibilities as a flight attendant. I know a lot of people who had problems with these side effects ranging from mild to severe. It surprises me it's still prescribed so often. But that's just my opinion, there are people who have no problems, but I wouldn't know what to do to protect myself if I was in the case of the TC-attendant....
interesting link about the matter: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/6913/lariam.htm
Well funki my humble opinion is that a Sabena-colleague was fired because he had suspect side effects.funki wrote:But that's just my opinion, there are people who have no problems,
Some other colleagues reported at HQ that the guy had a strange behaviour in the african out-station. My good friend got fired, he told me he did not even remembered what happened, that caused suspicion.... indeed something between benign annoyances and lethal psychiatric disturbances.
More common Lariam side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dizziness, vertigo, sleep disorders, ringing in the ears, headache, muscle cramps, abnormal dreams, emotional instability, insomnia, panic attacks, hallucinations, anxiety, depression, paranoid reactions, convulsions, visual impairment, numbness, rashes, and itching.
Something that was reported to me by hotel staff was, that he was shouting in the lobby: "The are attacking' (in French and in the Memling, that is not what you are supposed to shout as Belgian airline staff) - He is still alive and kicking, but does not longer take this medicine, although he is once and a while scratching his credentials....