Binge Britain: Students race to become the first to end up in hospital

Binge Britain: Students race to become the first to end up in hospital

 

It is the ultimate dangerous drinking game and another depressing example of the state of binge Britain.

University students have been filmed downing lethal amounts of alcohol in a shocking competition to see who can end up in hospital first.

The race only ends when one drunken student either vomits or has to seek medical treatment in a hospital.

Crazy: Students down shots of sambuca on ever floor of the halls of residence tower

Fury: Professor Roger Williams who treated George Best said 'these kids are bloody idiots and they are doing terrible damage to their livers'

The students were branded ‘suicidal idiots’ by health experts who warned them they were inflicting lasting damage to their livers.

Professor Roger Williams, who treated alcoholic George Best before his death in 2005, called on the Government to take further action to arrest the rise in binge drinking among the young.

He said: ‘These kids are bloody idiots. They are doing terrible damage to their livers.

‘These young people reflect the disturbing attitude our society has to alcohol. The Government must tackle this huge problem now.’

The students from the University of Manchester Owen’s Park knocked back pints of strong home-made green concoctions of alcohol called ‘The Hulk’.

They boast cocktail, which is mixed in a bucket, contains 12 litres of liquid with one part vodka and two parts of the alcopop WKD blended with an energy drink.

'Irresponsible': Students were branded 'suicidal idiots' after playing drinking game called 'The Tower Challenge'

They say it contains almost 100 units of alcohol - almost four times the recommended maximum weekly allowance for a man.

In another shocking game called The Tower they downed glass after glass of neat spirits on every floor of their 21-floor halls of residence in Fallowfield.

In one video a student downs a shot of sambuca on all 21 floors, followed by a double shot of absinthe then he vomits into a bucket in front of his friends who are laughing in the background.

Another video from last November follows a group of 12 students - seven boys and five girls - as they take on the Tower Challenge, downing shots of spirits straight from the bottle.

Booze Britain: Students down green concoctions of alcohol called 'The Hulk' at the University of Manchester

 

When they reach the ground to complete the challenge the students can be heard chanting ‘We hate brain cells’ and once outside the tower they form a circle singing Kumbaya and consume more alcohol.

The internet is flooded with video footage of reckless students taking on the infamous challenge at the University of Manchester residence, which is home to around 1,000 students each year.

Last night one student, who did not wish to be named, said: ‘There is a dreadful culture of drinking to excess and it is not just to have fun - it is like a dare.

‘People don’t stop until they end up in accident and emergency. That’s the idea. It is a macho thing among the boys and it is going to lead to a death sooner or later.’

 

Tower Challenge: A drunk student projectile vomits into a blue bucket after the binge session

Drugs and alcohol worker Evelyn Reid, who works with young people, said: ‘This type of drinking is becoming more and more prevalent especially among the young.

‘It might seem fun at the time but it is suicidal and can cause deaths in both in the short term and the long term and is exceptionally dangerous.

‘In the short term someone can die from vomiting while unconscious or falling over and injuring themselves and in the long term persistent drinking to this level will cause cirrhosis and liver failure.’

Ben Whittaker, vice president of the National Union of Students said he was concerned and had never seen such dangerous drinking among students.

A spokesman for the University of Manchester, which is ranked ninth in Europe, said: ‘The university does not condone this behaviour and we also offer advice to our students on the dangers of drinking to excess.’