Russian tourist dies in a hammam in Turkey's Alanya after overheating

Tourist dies in a hammam

A 45-year-old tourist from Kaliningrad, Oleg Fidchenko, has died in Alanya, Turkey. The Telegram channel Mash reports. The incident occurred on November 6 in the hammam of a hotel in the Avsallar area, where the man was vacationing with his wife and 7-year-old daughter. During the bathing procedures he felt unwell due to overheating: he lost consciousness and fell to the floor. The tourist was urgently taken to a hospital, but doctors could not save him.

Why heat and humidity are dangerous

As noted in the publication, the combination of heat and high humidity in a bathhouse is dangerous for the heart and blood vessels, because it disrupts the body's natural cooling. This explains why overheating during bathing procedures can lead to loss of consciousness — which is exactly how, according to Mash, events unfolded in Alanya.

Context: other incidents involving tourists

In the same article, Gazeta.Ru recalls other recent cases involving Russian tourists. On November 3, a tourist from Tomsk went missing in Pattaya: after a walk with his wife along Walking Street, the couple lost each other in the crowd; the woman returned to the hotel on her own, while the man — who, according to her, was drunk, without money and without internet access — never returned. It is known that the missing man works professionally as a massage therapist and was a trusted representative of a candidate in the State Duma elections. It was also previously reported that Russian tourists were robbed in their room at a five-star hotel in Turkey. These cases are not connected to one another, apart from the common context of incidents involving Russians abroad.