A BRIT holidaymaker was “nearly burnt alive” in his hotel room in Egypt when an electric shock zapped through his fillings.
Steve Ellis, 42, was on a ten night getaway at the Coral Sea Imperial Sensatori hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, when he was jolted so hard he flew out of bed, he said.
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The unsuspecting tourist put his hand on the bed-side light and was violently “thrown to the floor”.
He says that he was electrocuted for for around 15 seconds, and has been told by doctors that he “nearly burnt alive”.
The current apparently ran through his teeth fillings, leaving him with a ring-shaped burn.
Steve said: “I’ve got fillings in my mouth so the electric was going up there – it burnt my mouth.
“If I wasn’t able to get myself off the lamp, then I would have burnt alive. I’m pretty lucky.
“A child could have touched the lamp and then they wouldn’t have been so lucky.”
Steve says that he was getting out bed when he touched the bedside light with his left hand, which delivered the shock.
His left hand got stuck to the light, so he tried to push it away with his right hand – but that got stuck as well.
Steve, a dad-of-one, was then flung onto the floor and forced to shout for help as he was alone in the room.
He was checked over by the hotel’s doctor and visited the holiday rep, who he says “wasn’t that bothered” by the incident.
Steve, of Gloucester, said: “We said we wanted to make a report and he questioned it.
“He turned to my partner and wanted her to lie and say that she saw the incident, when she didn’t.
“I turned to him and nearly walked out – they said it would look better for the paperwork if we lied.
“I wasn’t going to lie on a document because that could come back to us.”
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Steve says that he didn’t use the lamp before the incident but later noticed that there were wires sticking out of it.
He said: “There were wires sticking out of the lamp.
“But you wouldn’t have noticed it until it happened.”
Straight after the incident, which happened in January this year, Steve was left with a ring-shaped burn around his mouth.
He also had blood tests and an electrocardiogram (ECG) scan to check the electrical activity of his heart.
Steve says that his hands “feel like they are burning and tingling” constantly, so he is struggling to work as a kitchen fitter.
He said: “My hands feel like they are burning and tingling every day.
“My shoulder is in agony hurts when I lift things as well.
“I get half-way through the day and I’m in so much pain.
“I’m losing money because I’m having to come home early or have days off.”
Their holiday provider has been contacted for a comment.