Question: My sister took 50 paracetamol and 15 Avil Tablets at one go at 11 pm last saturday. She woke up next day morning around 7 am by herself and told us that she has severe stomach pain. We admitted her in hospital by 9 am. Her pulse and BP were normal. They pumped out her stomach, gave anti toxic-ants and was discharged after 2 days. Hospital says, she is physically fine but suffering from heavy depression. Since, the psychiatrist said not to ask about situation that led to her act for now and just be normal to her for a month atleast, we have avoided asking the reason.

1. I need to know, will she develop any physical complication in future?
2. Is it possible for one to survive for 9 hours (before getting admitted) after overdose of these medicines. (That too she herself woke up at 7 am and reported stomach ache). Her weight is 90 kg
3. Doctor also said, might be she consumed only about 10 tablets but she is either under illusion of taking 50+ tablets or over reporting to gain attention. He is not sure on this. He said, it will take a week to check blood culture to determine the quantity consumed but cannot wait for a week to begin treatment

Paracetamol is Cetrizine 30 Nos., Okaset 20 Nos. 10 mg - each
Avil - 15 mg - 15 Nos.
Totalling 65 tablets


She woke up around 7 am on Sunday and we took her in two-wheeler only. She was conscious. When we first went to nearby clinic, they checked her BP, Pulse, Oxygen level and all were normal. This clinic didn't have ICU and Doctor advised us to take her to a larger hospital with ICU and bowl wash facility.

Then we took her to another hospital that had these facilities and the Doctor who admitted her around 9 am said that, they need to place her under observation till 11 pm Sunday (upto 24 hours from consuming tablets), as these are inorganic in nature and starts showing effect after 12 to 24 hours only.

They administered bowl wash, administered IVF and also gave Anti-oxidants. She was sent to General ward on Monday around 3 pm and was discharged on Tuesday 10 am. Psychiatrist said, she is suffering from mental depression.
Her physical condition remained stable through out her stay in the Hospital.

After discharge, I asked whether she is able to recollect what happened on Sunday. She said that, she is able to recollect only few things. In fact from the Reception, she walked into the ICU and refused wheel chair. When I said this, she said, she couldn't recollect and could remember only that we travelled in two-wheeler with my father.

1. Is it possible for a person to wake up and also have normal readings after consuming so many tablets. She is 90kg and could it be a reason that she withstood.

2. Assuming she consumed 65 tablets, can this be considered a medical miracle or divine intervention or there have been many other case studies similar to this

3. We treated at private Hospital and they recorded case as Tablet poisoning, Doctor said it is suicide attempt. They refused us to give discharge summary telling us that for suicide attempt they won't give discharge summary. May be Hospital doesn't want to get into legal complications. We didn't report this incident to Police. (After we consulted nearby clinic, we went to 2 more hospitals, who refused to admit and advised to go to GH as it was a medico-legal case. Only this hospital admitted her). Is it correct on the part of Hospital not to give discharge summary?