‘Mysterious syndrome’ claims lives of dozens of Thai farm workers in Israel
According to numbers provided by Minister of Health Yael German to MK Dov Khenin (Hadash), 122 farm laborers from Thailand died in Israel between 2008 and 2013. Forty-three of them died from what is termed “sudden nocturnal death syndrome,” which affects young and healthy Asian men. This cause of death was twice as common as…