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REBECCA TODD
The Press
04/11/2010
Doctors are telling severe alcoholics needing help to keep drinking because there is a shortage of acute detoxification beds in the South Island, specialists say.
A Canterbury doctor, who asked not to be named, said he had dealt with several patients who wanted to stop drinking but could not do so safely unless in a hospital or a detox unit.
He said the Kennedy Detoxification Unit at Hillmorton Hospital, which serviced the South Island, was either full or would not accept emergency cases.
Heavy drinkers could suffer from seizures and delirium while detoxing, so if no beds were available he would tell them to keep drinking.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/4305638/Alcoholics-told-to-keep-drinking
The Press
04/11/2010
Doctors are telling severe alcoholics needing help to keep drinking because there is a shortage of acute detoxification beds in the South Island, specialists say.
A Canterbury doctor, who asked not to be named, said he had dealt with several patients who wanted to stop drinking but could not do so safely unless in a hospital or a detox unit.
He said the Kennedy Detoxification Unit at Hillmorton Hospital, which serviced the South Island, was either full or would not accept emergency cases.
Heavy drinkers could suffer from seizures and delirium while detoxing, so if no beds were available he would tell them to keep drinking.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/4305638/Alcoholics-told-to-keep-drinking