A British holidaymaker was ‘nearly burnt alive’ in his room at a five-star resort in Egypt when an electric shock from a bedside lamp shot through his metal fillings.
Steve Ellis, 42, was on a ten-night holiday at the Coral Sea Imperial Sensatori hotel in Sharm El Sheikh when he allegedly put his hand on the lamp and was ‘thrown to the floor’.
Mr Ellis, of Gloucester, says he was left with a ring-shaped burn around his mouth straight after the incident, which occurred in January this year.
He has since had blood tests and an electrocardiogram (ECG) scan to check the electrical activity of his heart.
Although he only had the electric shock for around 15 seconds, Mr Ellis claims he was told by doctors that he ‘nearly burnt alive’ because the shock was going to the fillings in his mouth.
The father-of-one also says that his ‘shoulder is in agony’ and his hands ‘feel like they are burning and tingling’ constantly, so he is struggling to work as a kitchen fitter.
Mr Ellis has accused the resort of dismissing his concern over the electric shock, alleging that he paid a visit to the holiday rep for the hotel, who he says ‘wasn’t that bothered’ by the incident.
‘We said we wanted to make a report and he questioned it,’ he claimed, alleging that the rep asked his partner to ‘lie’ about the incident.
Steve Ellis, 42, was on a ten-night holiday at the Coral Sea Imperial Sensatori hotel in Sharm El Sheikh when he allegedly put his hand on the lamp and was ‘thrown to the floor’
Mr Ellis says that he was getting out of his bed, when he touched the bedside light with his left hand and started suffering from an electric shock. Mr Ellis claims that he didn’t use the lamp before the incident, but later noticed that there were wires sticking out of it
This is the Coral Sea Imperial Sensatori resort in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt where Mr Ellis allegedly suffered an electric shock earlier this year
Mr Ellis says that he was getting out of his bed, when he touched the bedside light with his left hand and started suffering from an electric shock.
His left hand then became stuck to the light so he placed his right hand on the light – but that also became stuck.
He was then thrown from the bed while suffering from an electric shock and was forced to shout for help as he was alone in the hotel room.
He was later checked over by the hotel’s doctor and went to the holiday rep to notify him of the incident a make a report.
‘He turned to my partner and wanted her to lie and say that she saw the incident, when she didn’t,’ he said.
‘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.’
Mr Ellis claims 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 it wasn’t something you would notice without going “oh, those cables are stuck out”. You wouldn’t have noticed it until it happened.’
Although he only had the electric shock for around 15 seconds, Mr Ellis claims he was told by doctors that he ‘nearly burnt alive’ because the shock was going to the fillings in his mouth
He added that he has ‘fillings in my mouth, so the electric was going up there, and that ‘it burnt my mouth’.
‘If I wasn’t able to get myself off the lamp, then I would have burnt alive,’ he claimed. ‘I’m pretty lucky. A child could have touched the lamp and then they wouldn’t have been so lucky.’
Although he survived the electric shock, Mr Ellis is still living with agonising pain that he claims was caused by the incident.
‘My hands feel like they burning and tingling every day. My shoulder is in agony hurts when I lift things as well,’ he shared. ‘I get half-way through the day and I’m in so much pain.’
Mr Ellis added: ‘I’m losing money because I’m having to come home early or have days off.’
MailOnline has approached the hotel for comment. The holiday provider has also been contacted.
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