BBC – Newsbeat – Teenager’s stomach removed after drinking cocktail
By Amy
Gladwell
Newsbeat reporter
A New York chef demonstrates how to use liquid nitrogen in
cooking
A teenager has had emergency surgery to remove her stomach
after drinking a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen.
Lancashire Police say Gaby Scanlon was out with friends in Lancaster last
Thursday (4 October) when it happened.
The 18-year-old is reported to have become breathless and developed severe
stomach pain before being taken to Royal Lancaster Infirmary.
Officers say she would have died if doctors had not performed the operation.
The woman, from Heysham in Lancashire, was taken from Oscar’s wine bar to
hospital at 11pm.
She was diagnosed with a perforated, or pierced stomach, and is now in a
serious but stable condition.
‘Toxic chemical’
Lancashire Police have not officially named the place where she bought the
cocktail, but say Oscar’s has stopped selling it.
