Chinese boy, 13, treated for alcohol poisoning after father forces him to drink baijiu
- Father wanted to increase his son’s tolerance to alcohol
- The boy’s face was red and he could not be awakened by shouting
A thirteen-year-old Chinese boy had to be rushed to hospital to be treated for alcohol poisoning after his father forced him to drink liquor to increase his alcohol tolerance, a mainland newspaper said.
The unidentified boy in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei province, lost consciousness on Tuesday evening, soon after his father force-fed him 100ml (3.4 ounces) of baijiu, Wuhan Evening News reported on Thursday.
He was then taken to hospital by his parents. Liu Lin, the assistant chief doctor on duty at the time, told the paper that she could strongly smell alcohol when the family arrived at the unidentified hospital.
The boy regained consciousness around 2am on Wednesday after receiving emergency treatment.
Severe alcohol poisoning was suspected since the boy’s face was red and he could not be awakened by shouting, Liu said.
The incident happened at a family Lunar New Year banquet, where the father made the boy drink a large glass of baijiu to improve his alcohol tolerance, the boy’s mother was quoted as saying.