The percentage of deaths from alcohol poisoning exceeded those from coronavirus
Rumors that coronavirus patients can recover from alcohol consumption in Iran have led to a surge in poisoning cases caused by counterfeit alcohol. While the death rate from coronavirus is less than seven percent, more than ten percent of alcohol poisoning victims have died.
In Iran, the spread of rumors about the positive effects of alcohol consumption on the recovery of coronavirus patients and preventing COVID-19 has led to an increase in the number of alcohol consumers.
The number of people who have been poisoned by drinking counterfeit or industrial alcohol has also increased. In different cities of Iran, the death toll from poisoning with counterfeit alcohol is increasing day by day.
Kianoush Jahanpour, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, announced that the number of people infected with the coronavirus as of noon on April 13 (April 1) was 4,7593.
According to official statistics from the Ministry of Health, 3,036 people have died and 15,473 have recovered. 3,871 patients with the coronavirus are in critical condition. This means that about 6.7 percent (six and seven tenths) of the people identified with the coronavirus in Iran have lost their lives.
According to Entekhab, Kianoush Jahanpour said about the consumption of counterfeit alcoholic products in Iran: "So far, 3,117 cases of poisoning due to the consumption of counterfeit alcoholic products have been registered in the country, of which 1,066 people are hospitalized in hospitals and 73 are in critical condition in intensive care units, and 62 people have become blind or have low vision. So far, 284 people have needed dialysis services and have suffered kidney problems, and 320 of these people have died."
The percentage of deaths from consuming counterfeit alcohol is higher than that of coronavirus
Statistical comparison shows that about 10.3 (ten and three tenths) percent of those poisoned have died due to consuming counterfeit or industrial alcohol. Thus, the death rate of those poisoned by counterfeit alcohol has surpassed the death rate of those infected with Covid-19 due to the coronavirus. The death rate of coronavirus patients is six and seven tenths percent of the total number of people infected with the coronavirus.
According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, about 2 percent of poisonings caused by counterfeit or industrial alcohol have led to blindness or low vision, and more than 9 percent have led to kidney disease.
Death toll from counterfeit alcohol poisoning increases in Yazd
On Wednesday, April 2, Mahmoud Nouri Shadkam, deputy director of medical treatment at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd, announced that the number of people poisoned by counterfeit alcohol in the city had increased to 56. According to IRNA, seven of these people have died and two are in critical condition.
The deputy director of medical treatment at Yazd University of Medical Sciences also said that 16 of these people were poisoned in the past 24 hours. According to this university official, three of the poisoned people have become blind or have low vision.
Rising trend of deaths due to consumption of counterfeit alcohol in Fars
Meanwhile, the number of victims of alcohol poisoning in Fars Province has reached 84. According to ILNA, in recent days, 667 patients with alcohol poisoning have visited hospitals in Shiraz and other cities in Fars Province, of which 84 have died so far and 583 are undergoing treatment.
Mohammad Javad Moradian, head of the Fars Emergency Department, had previously warned of the increase in alcohol poisoning. In an interview with ISNA, he announced that the number of people suffering from alcohol poisoning in Fars province as of April 25 was four times the number of people infected with COVID-19.
"Unfortunately, alcohol poisoning has been on the rise in recent days and this trend continues," Moradian said. He emphasized that the use of 70 percent alcohol is only suitable for disinfecting surfaces, and that oral consumption of this toxic substance is very dangerous and leads to poisoning, disability, and even death. Moradian said the average age of people poisoned by alcohol consumption is 20 to 40 years.
Source: DW
