Teenage Tragedy 18 year-old dies of heart failure. Drug overdose suspected.
Danielle McCallum, 18, from Greenock, Inverclyde, was out with friends in San Antonio when she was taken ill in the early hours of Tuesday morning. She died soon after admission to the Intensive Care Unit at Can Misses Hospital . Danielle, pictured left, had been rushed to the hospital two hours earlier from the Galeno Clinic in Sant Antoni and suffered heart failure shortly thereafter. Friends of the deceased had earlier reported the woman’s condition to the private
Galeno Clinic, located by the Egg and near to her hotel. A doctor and a clinical assistant attended and, discovering the severity of the case. immediately organized a transfer to Can Misses hospital. She arrived at the hospital in critical condition and, just two hours later, died of cardiac arrest. A friend is reported to have told doctors that the deceased had been taking MDMA over the weekend and it is suspected that this could be the cause of death. An autopsy will take place at the Institute of Legal Med-
icine of Ibiza and samples will be sent to the Toxicology Institute in Barcelona for analysis. The tragedy soon gained the attention of the UK press with several requests for information to the Ibizan office during Wednesday. At the time of going to press our efforts to ascertain exactly what drug Danielle may have taken so that a warning could be issued had not been successful.
Sunset from Tulipan
This great shot was taken by DJ Alex Ellenger from the Tulipan terrace and posted with some perfect September words. “It's that time of year, sunsets get better, tourists are more chilled and attuned to the ebb and flow of the island, and the weather is still warm.”