Seafarer died suddenly of malaria last year
A Danish accident investigation has revealed that malaria can be a danger to seafarers and even kill in regions of the world not known for the disease.
The report recounts the tragic death of a 32-year-old Filipino able-bodied seaman on the 34,800-dwt products tanker Romo Maersk (built 2003) in August last year.
The seafarer died suddenly of malignant malaria type plasmodium falciparum, the most lethal form of the disease and generally limited to southern African states.
But there were no signs that he had caught the disease until he complained of a headache and was given paracetamol by the chief officer.
The next day, he developed a 42-degree temperature and died nine hours later.
