Teenager's stomach removed after drinking a liquid nitrogen cocktail.
[quote]Gaby Scanlon was celebrating her 18th birthday at a bar in Lancaster when she had the drink and began to feel breathless. She developed severe stomach pain and was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with a perforated stomach.
Doctors performed emergency surgery to remove her stomach and save her life.
[/quote][url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2214268/Teenager-stomach-removed-save-life-drinking-trendy-liquid-nitrogen-cocktail.html?ICO=most_read_module]Linky.[/url]
Man, that sucks. I expect to hear about a court case soon.. Though I am curious about one thing: How does having no stomach effect one's life?
Discuss.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Stukka Bomb Diva [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] coolmike699 When you buy a drink, you generally assume that it is safe to drink, right? If someone buys a beer, drinks it, and then tries to break the bottle over their head as a dare, then they are responsible for any injuries they get (because a reasonable person would expect to get hurt smashing glass on their head). But a reasonable person would assume that the cocktail they just bought would be safe to drink unless someone told them otherwise. If the bartender didn't tell the girl that their cocktail isn't safe to drink right away, then they were negligent. [/quote]I mainly drink water for a reason and I tend not to drink alcohol unless its wine. But the point still stands that it was her choice to drink it. Not the bartander. And the other posters are right that it is sold at high end bats. But that doesn't mean it is healthy. The least the bartender could do though was warn her of the risks involved, I agree on that.[/quote] Yes, it was her choice to drink it, but it was the bar that made it. They chose to serve that particular drink. Just because you choose to do something doesn't mean that you are responsible for dangers you didn't know about beforehand if you weren't given any warning.