Vodka Injection Saves Italian Man
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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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what flavor sia -
If this was in singapore even if they could be allowed to do it, there would be an extra line that says that the person would likely be caned and jailed for xxxx years
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Pro!
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Alternative medicine. nice -
smart move by the docs
if is SG, i think by the time all the big docs sit together to crack their brains, debate this debate that, go thru the SOP, paperwork and all that, the patient would have kong ka kiao liao -
singaporeans are law by law, dont know how to think out of the box..
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lol!Originally posted by FireIce:smart move by the docs
if is SG, i think by the time all the big docs sit together to crack their brains, debate this debate that, go thru the SOP, paperwork and all that, the patient would have kong ka kiao liao This is so true~ -
tis is wat life savings is all about!! thumbs up to the doctors!!
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yah need to seek approval to allow alchohol in hospital....take blood oso need approval.....hopelessOriginally posted by FireIce:smart move by the docs
if is SG, i think by the time all the big docs sit together to crack their brains, debate this debate that, go thru the SOP, paperwork and all that, the patient would have kong ka kiao liao
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hospital bill will be damn ex if they use too much good quality vodka
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cos singaporeans dun appreciate thinking out of the box.Originally posted by dbowie:singaporeans are law by law, dont know how to think out of the box..
Say if the singapore docs really used this method, and the patient dies, the doc will get all the blame...
So we're limited by the system too...
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wow, an act of liu mang yi sheng
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tony leungOriginally posted by sLeEpWaLkErInG:wow, an act of liu mang yi sheng
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they need 100% also run out.. vodka 30% can help how much?
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they succeeded rite?Originally posted by smartboy4:they need 100% also run out.. vodka 30% can help how much? -
Absinthe. WIll be close enough..
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Let say they need 1 litre of ethanol( 100% base ach ).Originally posted by smartboy4:they need 100% also run out.. vodka 30% can help how much?
So 3.333 litres of volka with 30% Ach concentration will do the trick.
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got the vodka isnt pure and contain other substance mah... -
Good life in the hospital
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Use whisky instead. 43% not bad and red label is cheap too !
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Actually...i dun think sg hospital will even let such a situation happen...They would have all the stocks they need...Preventing ths from happening is harder than finding a creative cure...Originally posted by FireIce:smart move by the docs
if is SG, i think by the time all the big docs sit together to crack their brains, debate this debate that, go thru the SOP, paperwork and all that, the patient would have kong ka kiao liao Just my 2 cents worth -
wow, innovative.
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