2 teenagers were rushed to hospital after concerns were raised for the welfare of a group of young girls who appeared unwell in Cowes yesterday evening (Tuesday).
At just before 19:20, the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service received reports that a number of teenage girls were presenting as being unwell on the Esplanade.
Police were in turn alerted to the situation with multiple resources deployed to The Parade, near the public toilet block.
It has been confirmed this morning (Wednesday) that 2 of the teenage girls were treated by paramedics and swiftly conveyed to St Mary’s Hospital. Officers spoke with 2 others who were collected by their parents.
Enquiries have now established that the incident was related to alcohol consumption with no wider risk to the community identified.
Perhaps a lesson learned here….. but probably not. Such a waste of time and money getting so drunk they need hundreds of pounds of ‘help’ from Police, Paramedics and Hospital staff. Kids will be kids, but they think they are adult enough to drink hard.. as I said, what a waste.
Just future’single muvvers’ from puberty onwards So will get house thousands a year and pay no rent or council tax.
So far from a ruined future life is easy for them.
Mini slappers already costing us, and likely will do from the cradle to the all too long away grave.
That is so mean you know nothing all young adults do this if you think yours didn’t
You are sadly mistaken
Nasty you are! And you with no vices I’m sure!!
What nonsense. You know nothing about these girls. Ignorant comment
Total fallacy these days – no handouts or house’s as you say and also how judgemental of you to label all ‘single’ parents like that!
There needs to be a monetary charge for such incidents. The NHS and Police costs must have been huge and all these emergency workers were unable to deal with much more deserving causes.
Total waste of scarce resources. If they were underage then the source of the alcohol should be investigated and the supplier dealt with.
Sounds like a typical ‘old white man’ comment. I presume you and your generation were angel’s as teenager’s?
If you don’t like generalisation please don’t do it yourself. Referring to typical old white man behaviour you are just as guilty
Keith is absolutely right, so many precious resources involved for girls who think it’s cool to drink themselves stupid. Some people think the Police and Ambulance staff are employed to educate and pick up some very ‘lose ends’ in their kids bad behaviour. This is not so. A monetary charge should be applied, but of course it won’t because this country has turned into such a Nanny State.
What a curious and, if I may say so, curiously unthinking comment, Zoe. ‘Old white man’ comment? As against what a young, female, black or any other ethnic origin might have commented? And what do you find reprehensible in the comment? And where does Keith make any comment about the behaviour of the people involved? The response to the incident was inarguably a huge cost to the services and of course those of us who pay for them. If the unwell females were underage, police time would, as Keith says, be justified in trying to establish where the drinks were brought and if they were bought legally.
zoe – you have assumed the gender of the person putting up the message, assumed their ethnicity, assumed their age and assumed which generation they are included in. For someone who is preaching, you made a whole load of potentially mistaken assumptions in your badly thought out response.
Dont know what colours got to do with it but whatever ….
Typical teenage mentality, and a waste of resources. It’ll be drugs next.
Really mate, what a hateful comment. Yes some do something daft. It’s what you do as kids. But most are working like dogs to get through school and on to university. Live the kids alone with your hate. Just because you were a failure does not mean they will be.
Maybe you were like this as a child ?? It is NOT right… children need to be taught right from wrong by parents.. not let them go feral, doing whatever they like because they think it is fun… grow up..
Absolutely, too many being failed by those who should know better
Parenting children these days must be a nightmare. So many drugs available, peer pressure to ‘try it’, alcohol too. Parents need to keep a much tighter reign on their offspring. Not just let them out to wander the streets getting into and up to God knows what. It’s NOT the Police or Ambulance services job to educate against all these dangers. Times have changed and unfortunately, not for the better!
I agree with Fready, what a judgemental bunch of comments!
Most kids experiment with drink, and yes they’re not wise enough to know when to stop, just like some adults. When I was 15 I shared a bottle of cinzano with my friend, threw up and felt ill.. My mum and dad didn’t know. So does that make them bad parents?
Trust me they were the best!
Your reply fready appers to be full of hate in response to I believe.
Thank you for some common sense!! Some nasty people on here who seem to forget they were young once!
Two teenagers were rushed to hospital after concerns were raised for the welfare of a group of young girls who appeared unwell – police ambulance etc straight away,yet you call ambulance having heart attack or serious fall could be waiting hours. Phone police and again might just get a crime reference number or wait hours or days . Priority should not be given to those that choose to drink alcohol, take drug’s or suicidal over others. And should be made to pay towards call outs etc. Hopefully lesson learnt and are feeling better.
Absolutely. Twice in a year I have needed an ambulance, due to ongoing and lifelong health issues and I didn’t get one either time
This is another incident involving young teenagers in no fit state that they can and could be taken advantage of! Who is supplying them with alcohol?? What are the parents doing about it or are they the ones supplying it to the youngsters, What does it matter if people have called an ambulance the girl clearly needed help and that’s what they are there for!
Hopefully they’ve learnt their lesson and have been put off alcohol until they are legally old enough to drink it and know the dangers of drinking too much?????
Come we were all young once in my day it was scrimping knocking on doors and running going to Miss Ashby shop in Holywood Street and buying one cigarette and smoking it under the bridge by the railway media pub and trying to get served a drink while underage it worked sometimes. These youngsters in cowes are only growing up we all done it unless you were a mummies child
Indeed we were all young once, I have been smoking since I was 11, though I never really got into booze after my first cider session. In all my years of ‘growing up’ I never once saw or even heard about kids drinking so much they needed hospital treatment, nor did we take drugs as ‘kids’. Whilst being a child is all about learning, some lessons should only be learned when the brain is able to think of the consequences. I have no doubt that these drinkers were cajoled into supping more than they could cope with, but even you said that getting a drink was hard, so how do this group buy, steal or are given enough alcohol to nearly kill them and how lucky were they that some predator wasn’t waiting in the wings to pick off the stragglers.
Your poor lungs
We’ve all done it so don’t judge. Lesson learned the hard way .
No we have not all subjected ourselves to so much harm that we have needed the Emergency Services. Again, as has been said, Where did the alcohol come from?
All people who require medical assistance through excessive alcohol consumption, should be charged for any medical treatment, including ambulance costs.
Strange this, if it was lads, their ages would have be shown… I wonder what the parents will do… laugh it off no doubt !!
The start of being a alcoholic, or hopefully they have learned a lesson,
Would love to know who brought them the drink or where they got there money from.
Calm down, calm down! Blimey, we were all young once, although I’m not so sure we were all having a good time!
No it’s daft to get in a state but it’s not intentional to end up in hospital is it? A night that went wrong, who called the ambulance? Maybe they’re remorseful and they’ll learn from it. Hope so, also hope everyone gets over themselves on here and stop writing every young person off before they’ve started.
I was brought up in the licenced catering trade, my parents jointly ran a very large private residential club, and we all lived in the club.
My father instilled in me that drinking was an education, aged 11dad used to make me a bitter shandy, at 13 he gave me a small cider, he educated me, you control the alcohol, not vice versa.
I am retired now, but like my parents, I have enjoyed a drink every day of my life, since my dad gave me my first drink, I’ve never been drunk, sick or hungover.
Healthwise my parents were both way into their 90s when they passed away, I’m heading that way and I’m fit and healthy.
Can’t believe this makes the ‘news’!! Honestly…. Suppose I shouldn’t complain if this is the worst behaviour on the Island!
I am an ex Licensee and was asked to obtain a license and set up a bar for a friends daughters 21st birthday party in our village hall. Knowing that there was a strong possibility of younger guests attempting to have alcohol bought for them, I made it clear to her father that it was not going to happen and he was grateful as it was one of his fears. In the event, groups of youngsters tried to enter the party clutching various bottles (WKD) etc. The only source for these was the local convenience store who were seemingly comfortable to ignore licensing law. They were turned away.
Having your stomach pumped at least once is all part of being a teenager
That is not a nice experience I’ve seen it done. The least likely people can end up in a sticky mess and it’s embarrassing for all concerned.
Seeing teens so out of it on drugs you can’t find out what they’ve taken isn’t pleasant and when the end result is dire and sad you’d change your mind.