Sam Pepper, a popular British influencer, recently found himself in a troubling situation during his visit to India. His trip turned upside down after he decided to try bhang, from a local street vendor. Although he initially enjoyed the experience, things became worse as Pepper suffered high fever and severe stomach infection, which forced him to take immediate medical attention. In a video shared online, he can be seen in a hospital bed, visibly uncomfortable and in pain. Pepper claimed that the hospital staff mishandled his treatment, alleging that they left the IV drip valve open and blood was spilling everywhere. However, social media users have mixed reactions, while some were concerned for his health, others asked what he was expecting.
In the Instagram video, the influencer said, “I did the worst thing you could do in India and I ended up in the hospital. The food that you should never ever touch and I tried myself some of that finger milk (bhang). This guy’s been on the street for over 17 years making this. The guy making the drink was a holy man, so I had a bit of a trust in him but I probably shouldn’t have. After drinking this milk, I was pleasantly surprised by the taste. I continued on with my day like nothing happened, but it all changed that night.”
“I woke up at 7 PM, violently vomiting, I couldn’t control anything inside me. At 7 am in the morning it finally stopped, I felt relieved but had a crazy fever, later that evening the fever got way too much for me. I had to call in a doctor. This doctor had a very nice briefcase so I trusted everything he said and I took the medicine he gave me, but the medicine kicked the bacteria into overdrive inside my stomach and next thing I know instead of coming out of my mouth it was coming out the other end,” Sam Pepper added.
After feeling unwell for a few hours, Sam knew he needed to go to the hospital. His friends took him to the hospital. The first thing the staff did was check his temperature, which was 102.5 degrees. He noticed his stool colour changed from brown to bright green, which indicated an infection was getting worse. Although the doctors acted quickly by giving him IV fluids and antibiotics, his condition didn’t improve. Instead, it changed from brown to green and then to blood, which left him scared. Despite undergoing many tests, the doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong. One night, he discovered that a nurse had left the valve on his IV open, causing blood to spill everywhere. Feeling unsafe in the hospital, he returned to Bangkok for more tests to finally find out what was happening to him.
Reacting to the post, a user wrote, “Bhang is a type of marijuana, which is legal in some places in India. It hits like 5 joints at the same time. This shit was gonna happen anyway. Hope you had a good trip.”
Another shared, “I guess you can never underestimate how sick you can get. This guy looks like he was speedrunning the process.”
“India Can Handle the World. The World Can Never Handle India. You Got to Be Spiritually Special,” a comment read.
An individual shared, “Why the heck all these people come and eat on the roadside in the name of experience when you know your stomach is not strong enough to digest. Just go to some good fine dining restaurants and eat there, there are plenty of them.”
One more added, “Well yeah, WTF did you expect.”
Since the British influencer shared the video on Instagram, it has garnered over 49,000 views.
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