New Zealand gives heart shock with electric fence

hamilton - A 69-year-old man from New Zealand who had it completely with the doctors who should treat him for his heart rhythm disorder has taken it on his own. He grabbed his neighbor's electric fence and recovered his heart rhythm with shock.

The retired John Griffin was given a 'decent boost' through the fence at 8000 volts, he tells the New Zealand Herald. But it worked. 'It was all right. '

One of the treatment methods for a cardiac arrhythmias is to administer an electric shock. That's why the heart is turning back in the right rhythm. If the disorder is not treated, it can lead to stroke.

Griffin has suffered from the disease for 19 years and knows when he needs a shock, he says to the newspaper. At the beginning of April the weather was so far and he went to the first aid. There he had to wait for a doctor for a few hours, with which he had peace because he knew he was not in an acute life threat and there were other patients who did.

However, he needed medication to spend hours, but when he suggested getting home and returning later he was told that it did not go. He would lose his place and wait longer.

Because he did not receive any additional medication from the hospital, he shot out of his shawl against the nurse in charge. Then he went mad home.

At home, Griffin still drove to drive to another hospital, but then he saw his neighbor's fence and got an idea. He put out his boots and placed his hands on the fence. He got a flare and then everything was good, he says. 'I could walk away again. '

However, doctors are less likely to talk about the man's practical solution. According to them, it is dangerous to shock yourself and they advise people not to try it yourself.

The incident in the hospital is still being investigated.