Hospital gives man drip-feed of vodka (AP)

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Doctors plugged an Italian tourist into a drip-feed of vodka to save him at a hospital in Australia that ran out of the pharmaceutical-grade alcohol it would normally have used for treatment.

Alcohol is given to counteract toxic poisoning with ethylene glycol (antifreeze). What a way to kill yourself!

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08.27.07 / 11am
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