A woman holds one of the two cans of car coolant that a couple in Hanoi mistook for beer and coke, May 2022. Photo courtesy of the 108 Military Central Hospital

 

A married couple in Hanoi were hospitalized after they mistook two cans of car coolant for beer and coke.

 

Doctors at the Department of Internal Medicine and Toxicology of the 108 Military Central Hospital said Monday that the two patients were admitted in a state of panic after they were aware of the fluid they had taken.

 

The couple said an acquaintance had given them two cans in red and green.

 

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Ethylene glycol is used in many engine coolants, and has a similar toxicity to methanol. Propylene glycol is safer, as it is metabolized to lactic acid, a normal product of strenuous exercise.

There are several deaths in America every year from ingesting engine coolant.