Student died after using two to three ‘big bottles’ of laughing gas a day
- 10-Apr-2024
A student who may have been killed by long-term use of laughing gas was inhaling two to three “big bottles” of the substance each day. Ellen Mercer, 24, was taken to hospital by the emergency services in the early hours of February 9 last year after she reported that she was unable to walk, Berkshire […]
Newborn dies after being given laughing gas instead of oxygen
- 16-Jul-2021
In a tragic turn of events, a newborn died after doctors gave him laughing gas instead of oxygen in an Australian hospital after he encountered breathing issues at the time of the birth. According to the details, the tragedy unfolded in an operating theatre at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in Sydney on July 13, 2016, and details […]
Government moves to ban laughing gas
- 09-Dec-2019
Use of the gas will continue to be allowed by dentists as a pain killer, and by food makers as a propellant in whipped cream cans