However, there's this one unfortunate incident where a man's excessive indulgence tragically resulted in his sudden demise.
During his family vacation in Jamaica, a British man named Timothy Southern met an unfortunate fate after taking on a daring challenge at a local bar. The task involved consuming all 21 cocktails listed on the establishment's menu.
Timothy managed to finish 12 of the bar's enticing concoctions before retiring to his hotel room. Sadly, it was there that he passed away.
Following an examination conducted by a pathologist in Kingston, it was determined that the 53-year-old man from Staffordshire met his demise due to "acute gastroenteritis caused by excessive alcohol consumption."
From The New York Post:
An initial investigation into Southern’s death found that he had been drinking brandy and beer throughout the morning.
At some point during the day, Southern met two Canadian women celebrating a birthday.
The women told him they were trying to complete the 21-cocktail challenge before midnight as part of their festivities.
It was not immediately clear how quickly Southern consumed the 12 cocktails.
His family members — who were on the trip with him — said they tried in vain to help him.
“He was on his back choking. I put him in the recovery position and screamed for an ambulance. He was making a gurgling sound. As soon as he was in the recovery position, he vomited. I was shouting his name with no response,” one of his family members told authorities.
The family has since expressed outrage and dissatisfaction with the emergency crews who tried to save him in his hotel, claiming they were unprepared to effectively take care of him.
“When the nurse arrived, I said had an ambulance been called and she said ‘no.’ I thought she would take over. But that was not the case. I noticed he was starting to lose temperature. I checked his pulse and couldn’t find it,” the relative said.
“She said he had a pulse. I was starting to lose it. I got a full look at his face and I thought he had passed away.”
The relative claimed that the nurse was not adequately trained in providing life-saving measures.
“I said, ‘Don’t just sit there looking at him, start CPR.’ She only gave him chest compressions. Maybe if she had known what she was doing, maybe he would still be here.”
The grieving relative added: “The service and treatment he received was disgusting.”
The emergency response does raise some concerns.
Based on the account given by the family member, it appears that there was a lack of urgency in attempting to save the man's life.
While it's difficult to determine the complete accuracy of this claim, the absence of proper CPR knowledge is indeed quite alarming.
