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FRIDAY, JULY 01, 2022
Some Iranians hospitalised after drinking alcohol to prevent coronavirus

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TBS Report
08 March, 2020, 02:10 pm
Last modified: 08 March, 2020, 02:29 pm

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Some Iranians hospitalised after drinking alcohol to prevent coronavirus

“Most of the patients have the false belief that alcohol consumption can prevent coronavirus infection”

TBS Report
08 March, 2020, 02:10 pm
Last modified: 08 March, 2020, 02:29 pm
Photo: Unsplash via Hindustan Times
Photo: Unsplash via Hindustan Times

An Iran hospital in the capital Tehran has reported increasing number of people who have been hospitalized recently due to alcohol-poisoning, hoping to prevent coronavirus infection

"They resorted home-made or industrial alcohol hoping it would prevent coronavirus infection," said an Iranian professor of toxicology, reported Al Arabiya.

"Most of the patients have the false belief that alcohol consumption can prevent coronavirus infection," Shahin Shadnia told Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency on Friday, adding that in some cases, especially when the patient was poisoned by high concentrations of methanol, they died.

Methanol is an industrial alcohol used as a solvent, pesticide, and alternative fuel source. In extreme cases, alcohol poisoning could lead to permanent blindness, brain damage or heart attacks.

Infectious disease specialist and member of Iran's national influenza committee, Masoud Mardani, told semi-official ILNA news agency that one to three cases of alcohol-poisoning come in to Logham hospital in Tehran every day.

Alcoholic drinks are banned in Iran since 1979, but many people, especially the non-wealthy, drink spirits distilled at home, which have high concentrations of methanol and are dangerous, or even industrial alcohol with fruit flavoring which is available in supermarkets.

Iran confirmed 5,823 cases of coronavirus and a death toll of 145 people as of Saturday, making it one of the most affected countries outside of China.

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