‘It’s only a matter of time before a girl dies’
DAD’S HORROR AS STUDENT ‘SPIKED’
A DAD fears someone could die after his daughter was rushed to hospital with ‘breathing difficulties’ after reports her drink was spiked at a nightclub on Deansgate Locks.
The Salford University medical student told friends she felt unwell minutes after finishing her only drink of the night at Revolution Bar on Whitworth Street West.
After going outside for some fresh air, the 20-year-old is understood to have collapsed, before an ambulance was called to the venue. Another woman who had been at the club is also thought to have needed medical assistance after displaying similar symptoms.
North West Ambulance Service have confirmed they took two patients to hospital after receiving a 999 call from Revolution at around 12.20am on Thursday.
Greater Manchester Police say they are investigating after officers were called at 1.02am to Whitworth Street, to a report that two girls had fallen unwell. Enquiries are ongoing, they added. The second-year student’s dad, who asked not to be named, said he received a call from his daughter this morning to say she’d been taken to hospital.
He told the M.E.N. that his daughter had become seriously unwell in the ambulance, even requiring assistance with her breathing.
The family were waiting for the results of a urine test conducted at the hospital to find out if any drugs had made their way into the woman’s system.
“We knew she was going out and she had been very wary about all the spiking incidents in the news,” he said.
“She went out with a university society and had a group of friends with her. She is very aware of the dangers of spiking and so are her friends.
“My daughter doesn’t really go to nightclubs but she is very careful when she does. Being in a large group she thought she’d be safe.
“She only started with one drink. Immediately after drinking it she said she didn’t feel well. She went outside for some fresh air where she collapsed.”
The dad said: “She can’t remember anything after that from the ambulance journey. Paramedics called the police because they suspected she had been spiked or injected. The police attended the hospital and spoke to her when she came round.”
Her father said she later found a puncture wound on her hip.
He added: “It is only a matter of time before the parents of a girl is informed that their daughter wasn’t as fortunate and didn’t make it.”
A spokesperson for Revolution said: “The safety and wellbeing of our guests is our number one priority, and our thoughts are with anyone affected by spiking incidents.”