Student in coma after binge drinking

A 17-year-old youth is in a coma in Dunedin Hospital after a four-day drinking binge.

Police were called to a house in the suburb of Caversham, at 10.50am yesterday by St John Ambulance staff after the teenager went into cardiac arrest, the Otago Daily Times reported.

Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall, of South Dunedin, said the youth had been drinking continuously for about four days and had consumed an "excessive" number of ready-mixed drinks on Monday night.

He was listed as in critical condition.

- NZPA