Vodka drip keeps man alive
A seriously ill patient has been kept alive in Australia by being fed vodka through a drip.
The 24-year-old man, who had swallowed a poison in an apparent suicide attempt, was treated while in a coma in Queensland.
Doctors set up the drip after running out of medicinal alcohol, used as an antidote to the poison, reports the BBC.
Dr Todd Fraser from the hospital said: "The patient was drip-fed about three standard drinks an hour for three days in the intensive care unit.
"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 man spent 20 days in hospital before being discharged.
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This reminds me of the part in "Just like heaven" where Mark Ruffalo saves the guy with the vodka and cork by piercing him and reliving the pressure from his stomach. Obviously not the same type of thing, but it made me smile. Now I want to see the movie again!
And...what a way to have your life saved. It must have burned going down.
Rookiethree standard drinks an hour for three days
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