German fatality, Kalanggaman Island - Philippines

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German tourist dies after diving | Sun.Star

A GERMAN tourist died while scuba diving in the waters off Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte last Saturday.
PO3 Victor Avenido, investigator of Daanbantayan Police Station, said Bettina Kohl Dumke, 54, of Russelsheim, Germany was diving with her husband Karl Erich, 54.
After the couple resurfaced together with their dive master Rickniel Monteclar, Bettina experienced discomfort.
She even apologized that she stayed in the water only for a few minutes. After asking for water while on board a motorized banca, Bettina collapsed.
Bettina was rushed to the Daanbantayan District Hospital in Cebu, but she didn't make it alive. The attending physician Dr. Feil Ybañez couldn't determine yet Bettina's cause of her death.
When interviewed by police, Karl Erich said Bettina was reportedly not feeling well.
Daanbantayan police advised Karl Erich to let his wife undergo autopsy to determine the cause of death.

The dive tank and octopus regulator, which Bettina used, are now in police custody and will also be checked.
The couple stayed in Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan. They left for Kalanggaman Island at 8:30 a.m. last Saturday on board a motorized banca owned by Seaquest Dive Center

 

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A little more info: German tourist dies after scuba diving in Kalanggaman Island | Manila Channel

MANILA, Philippines-A 54-year-old German tourist has died after scuba diving in the waters off Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte on Saturday.
The female German national was identified as Bettina Kohl Dummke.
She was scuba diving with her husband Karl-Erich and another guide named Rickniel Bautista Monteclar. The couple are said to be residents of 65428 Ruesselsheim Pommern St., Germany.


Initial reports said Dummke was already seen uncomfortable while removing her diving equipment after she surfaced from a 16-minute dive.
Dummke was rushed to a hospital in Daanbantayan, Cebu.
Dr. Feil Ybañez, a doctor at the municipal hospital, declared her dead on arrival.
Police are now investigating on the incident.
The diving gears used by Dumke were retrieved by the authorities for an examination to determine if there was a foul play involved, police said in a report from Sunstar.
They also requested for an autopsy.
The diving equipment is from a dive center in Malapascua Island in Cebu where the couple first came from before heading to Kalanggaman Island for about two-hour ride on board a rented banca.
Kalanggaman Island is known as one of the attractions in Leyte.