Russia bath lotion poisoning: Patients describe ordeal

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered stricter controls on sales of alcohol not intended for human consumption, after dozens died from drinking a bath lotion containing toxic methanol.

The death toll in the Siberian city of Irkutsk has risen to 62, with 40 people seriously ill.

Some of those being treated in hospital have been describing what happened to them.

Andy Beatt reports.

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