‘Some of them are drinking mixtures that would kill a horse’

DRUNKEN teenagers should “go home and stick their fingers down their throat, rather than waste valuable resources” at Accident and Emergency departments, a health board boss said yesterday.

Their presence in A&E units delays the care of seriously ill patients, according to the Association of Health Boards.

Association chairman Cllr Jack Bourke said they should deal with the side-effects themselves.