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Vodka drip saves tourist!
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Posted by: lester

Australian doctors revealed that they drip-fed an Italian tourist a steady dose of vodka to save his life.

No Kidding! This has been reported on the radio today!

Posted by: azamuner

Was it one of those beer hats with a straw going to his mouth?

Posted by: Longfellow

I thought the Aussie cure was Fosters and Vegemite.

Medical science is improving down under!

Posted by: lester

Update.

Australian doctors have kept an Italian tourist alive by feeding him vodka through a drip for three days, medical staff in Queensland say.
The 24-year-old man, who had swallowed a poison in an apparent suicide attempt, was treated while in a coma.

Doctors set up the drip after running out of medicinal alcohol, used as an antidote to the poison.

He had been taken to hospital in the northern Queensland town of Mackay after swallowing ethylene glycol - a poison contained in anti-freeze.

"The patient was drip-fed about three standard drinks an hour for three days in the intensive care unit," Dr Todd Fraser said in a statement.
Medical staff said the patient had made a full recovery, and the hangover had worn off by the time he woke up.

Source, BBC World News.

Posted by: Chrismc

Quote:

Originally Posted by lester

Update.

He had been taken to hospital in the northern Queensland town of Mackay after swallowing ethylene glycol - a poison contained in anti-freeze.

Now I know why Russians use Vodka as anti freeze instead

Posted by: GoingToRussia

Now I know why I saw an Aussie at the Moscow airport with a suitcase full of vodka!!!