Case of vodka………..
A report in the UK Guardian says that Australian doctors used a case of vodka to treat an Italian tourist who poisoned himself with a highly toxic substance found in anti-freeze.
The 24-year-old man had swallowed large quantities of ethylene glycol, in an apparent act of self-harm which could have been fatal.
The man was unconscious on arrival at Mackay Base Hospital in Queensland and doctors immediately started treating him with pharmaceutical-grade alcohol, which works as an antidote to the poison.
But the hospital’s alcohol supplies were soon exhausted and staff were forced to buy a case of vodka, which they administered through a drip in his nose.
“The patient was drip-fed about three standard drinks an hour for three days in the intensive care unit,” Todd Fraser said today.
“Fortunately for him he was in a medically induced coma for a good portion of that.”
“By the time he woke up I think his hangover would have well and truly gone.”
“The hospital’s administrators were also very understanding when we explained our reasons for buying a case of vodka.”
The tourist, who was treated two months ago, has since made a successful recovery.
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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