They ran out so the doctor used 3 bottles of his "finest", but it was able to hold the patient over until they were able to get the hospital alcohol in the morning when the bottle shops re-opened. The patients received 3-4 standard drinks every hour...and the patient didn't even complain of a hangover! This is one for the journals...BD
Life-or-death decisions depend on doctors thinking on their feet. Australian doctors, it appears, are also trained to think with their drink. Doctors in a city 600 miles north of Brisbane have saved the life of an Italian tourist by administering rum, vodka and whisky for three days through a tube into his stomach. The 24-year-old man from Milan, whose name has not been released, was brought to Mackay Base Hospital unconscious and in a serious condition after swallowing large quantities of ethylene glycol, a poisonous substance found in antifreeze.
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