Vodka Injection Saves Italian Man
Updated: 12:04, Wednesday October
10, 2007
Despite the fact that too much alcohol is bad for you, a patient
has been deliberately pumped full of vodka at a hospital in
Australia.
Vodka is usually only 35-50% alcoholThe man had consumed large
quantities of a poisonous substance and needed pure alcohol to
flush it out.
However, when the hospital's supplies of ethanol, which is 100%
alcohol, ran out, medics from Mackay Base Hospital in Queensland
decided vodka was the next best thing.
The man was then intravenously fed three standard measures of vodka
an hour for three days.
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The man, who is Italian, is believed to have taken ethylene glycol
- a substance found in antifreeze - in an attempted suicide. Two
months on, he has now made a successful recovery.
Despite being drip-fed so much vodka, the patient had no sign of a
hangover.
Dr Todd Fraser explained: "Fortunately for him he was in a
medically-induced coma for a good portion of that time.
"By the time he woke up I think his hangover would have well and
truly gone."
Dr Fraser added: "The hospital's administrators were also very
understanding when we explained our reasons for buying a case of
vodka."
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