Post by Daphne on Oct 5, 2011 16:07:25 GMT
An eating contest where most of the contestants got hospitalised!
(from uk.news.yahoo.com )
The ‘Killer Kismot Curry’ contest held in aid of a children’s charity took place at the Kismot Indian restaurant, on St Leonards Place, Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon. While battling it out in the contest, some of the contestants became unwell, reacting badly to the curry by vomiting and fainting.
Competitors were warned in advance that they could be affected during the hot curry contest, which involved eating a progressively spicier dish in each round. According to curry house owner Abdul Ali, half of the diners dropped out of the contest after seeing other diners fall ill.
Medics from the British Red Cross were at the scene but the casualties were too serious for them to deal with and the ambulance service had to intervene.
One of the casualties, Korean student Curie Kim, 21, told the ‘Edinburgh Evening News’ how she had to go to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI) twice. She said: “I've always enjoyed spicy foods and thought this was for a good cause. But it came with a price, I had to be taken to the ERI twice. I first went to hospital at around 4pm and the second time was at 9pm. It got really bad. I have never endured such pain in my life.”
Mike Lavin, from Polwarth, came fifth in the contest but was also taken to hospital by ambulance.
Following the incident, a spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We would urge the organisers to review the way in which this event is managed in future in order to avoid another situation where emergency ambulances are required to treat their customers.”
Despite the bad reaction to the hot dishes, there are no plans to cancel next year’s contest.
It could only happen in Scotland. Well, maybe in Liverpool as well, but they would have blamed the illnesses on someone else as Scousers always whinge the whole world is against them. Which it is, in point of fact. And of course in Liverpool it wouldn't have been for charity as they're all as mean as muck there.
(from uk.news.yahoo.com )
The ‘Killer Kismot Curry’ contest held in aid of a children’s charity took place at the Kismot Indian restaurant, on St Leonards Place, Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon. While battling it out in the contest, some of the contestants became unwell, reacting badly to the curry by vomiting and fainting.
Competitors were warned in advance that they could be affected during the hot curry contest, which involved eating a progressively spicier dish in each round. According to curry house owner Abdul Ali, half of the diners dropped out of the contest after seeing other diners fall ill.
Medics from the British Red Cross were at the scene but the casualties were too serious for them to deal with and the ambulance service had to intervene.
One of the casualties, Korean student Curie Kim, 21, told the ‘Edinburgh Evening News’ how she had to go to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI) twice. She said: “I've always enjoyed spicy foods and thought this was for a good cause. But it came with a price, I had to be taken to the ERI twice. I first went to hospital at around 4pm and the second time was at 9pm. It got really bad. I have never endured such pain in my life.”
Mike Lavin, from Polwarth, came fifth in the contest but was also taken to hospital by ambulance.
Following the incident, a spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We would urge the organisers to review the way in which this event is managed in future in order to avoid another situation where emergency ambulances are required to treat their customers.”
Despite the bad reaction to the hot dishes, there are no plans to cancel next year’s contest.
It could only happen in Scotland. Well, maybe in Liverpool as well, but they would have blamed the illnesses on someone else as Scousers always whinge the whole world is against them. Which it is, in point of fact. And of course in Liverpool it wouldn't have been for charity as they're all as mean as muck there.