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For many, the "hair
of the dog" usually comes in the form of some fried food, coffee,
medicine, energy drink or, for some, more alcohol. There is now a new option
for the people of Sydney though – the hangover clinic.
The
aptly titled "Hangover Clinic" opened this week and offers its worse
for wear patients a choice of "cures" that basically consist of an IV
drip, a cocktail of vitamins and some medication.
RT report continues:
Described
on its website as a "revolutionary IV hangover," the treatments range
from thirty minutes to one hour, with the latter offering an antioxidant boost
and oxygen treatment.
Those
struggling with their post-party symptoms will have to make sure they have
enough money left in their bank account to cover the cost though, with
treatments ranging from AU$140 ($100) to AU$200 (US$144).
While
the clinic has been busy, not everyone is happy with its opening.
"This
encourages people to use alcohol in an entirely inappropriate way and it's
something the government should look at very, very carefully," Michael
Moore, chief executive of the Public Health Association of Australia, told the Sydney
Morning Herald.
The
clinic’s co-founder, Max Petro, says that such an accusation is unfair. "We
don't serve alcohol. We are not a pub. We encourage binge drinking as much as
hospitals encourage people to get sick," Petro told the newspaper.
This
isn’t the first such hangover clinic: In New York City, a hangover club
launched at the start of 2015 sends a bus out to travel the city, looking to
aid revelers who have had one too many.
Unsurprisingly, there is
also such an offering in Las Vegas. Four luxury buses make up "Hangover
Heaven", traveling the city offering to "get you back to feeling good
in 45 minutes" for US$150.
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