Man Dies After ‘Six-Day Drinking Session’ in Yorkshire City
A man died after a six-day binge-drinking bout while visiting a West Yorkshire city, according to a local news outlet.
As reported by Yorkshire Live, Kidron Mills, a 50-year-old unemployed man, was visiting Bradford from his home town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, when he was found unresponsive by a friend who called the ambulance service.
Bradford coroner’s court was told that it had been reported that Bradford-born Kidron had been binge-drinking for six days straight. On arrival at Airedale General Hospital, near Keighley, he went into cardiac arrest. His condition deteriorated over the following days and he died in hospital on April 7.
A post-mortem examination by Dr Richard Knight concluded that Kidron died as a result of fatty infiltration of the liver and pneumonia. Excessive alcohol consumption can lead to fatty infiltration of the liver, also known as fatty liver disease – which occurs when fat accumulates within liver cells and impairs normal liver function.
Heavy drinking also weakens the immune system and increases the risk of aspiration, making individuals more susceptible to respiratory infections such as pneumonia.
Assistant coroner Peter Merchant adjourned the inquest hearing to allow statements to be gathered from Kidron’s family, hospital staff, attending police and paramedics, his GP, and services in Scunthorpe including mental health and substance misuse organisations.
A full inquest into Kidron’s death is expected to be heard on September 29.
