{"id":862903,"date":"2026-03-31T16:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/862903\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:12:32","slug":"welsh-man-dies-after-being-rushed-to-hospital-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/862903\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh man dies after being rushed to hospital in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul William Jones became increasingly unwell after landing in Spain\"A<\/p>\n

Paul William Jones died while on holiday in Spain last year<\/p>\n

A Welsh man died on holiday in Spain after taking illicit substances before getting on a flight, an inquest has found. Paul William Jones, 36, died at a hospital in Alicante after he became “increasingly unresponsive” upon arriving in Spain on holiday.<\/p>\n

Pontypridd<\/a> Coroners’ Court heard Mr Jones, who lived in Wattstown, Rhondda<\/a>, had a past history of drug use.<\/p>\n

Coroner Rachel Knight said that Mr Jones “likely took an overdose of illicit substances” on February 22, 2025, before flying to Spain on holiday.<\/p>\n

“Upon arrival he became increasingly unresponsive and was taken to hospital in Alicante,” she said. Get the latest Rhondda news first by signing up to our newsletter here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Jones’ condition continued to deteriorate and he died at Marina Baixa Hospital in Alicante on February 27.<\/p>\n

A post-mortem examination found Mr Jones died as a result of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy \u2013 a serious brain injury caused by reduced oxygen to the brain. The coroner ruled this occurred as a result of Mr Jones’ drug use.<\/p>\n

The inquest heard there was “no evidence” that Mr Jones intended to die.<\/p>\n

Ms Knight recorded a conclusion of drug-related death. The medical causes of death were given as hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy as well as drug overdose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul William Jones became increasingly unwell after landing in Spain Paul William Jones died while on holiday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[30,2000,299,105,73907,14317,104],"class_list":["post-862903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-courts","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-health","tag-pontypridd","tag-rhondda","tag-spain"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116324672903025476","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}