MED-HIC! Hospitals are axing alcoholic hand gels because patients are guzzling them to get DRUNK.
The anti-superbug cleanser contains 75 per cent proof alcohol — nearly twice the strength of whisky. And boozers across the country have been sucking the dispensers dry as a cheap way of getting legless. At least three people have DIED after drinking the gels.
Now two hospitals in Staffordshire have decided to remove them from their wards. NHS bosses are so concerned about the thirst raiders that they’ve issued a ‘Patient Safety Alert’ to all hospitals and clinics across the UK.
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) denied that ditching the gels from wards would increase the risk of patients catching superbugs.