9 of 11 poisoned Fort Bliss soldiers released from hospital
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Feb 1, 2021 at 8:44 pm EDT
AUSTIN, Texas Nine of the 11 Fort Bliss soldiers sickened last week after drinking a component commonly found in antifreeze have been released from a Texas hospital, Army officials said Monday.
Two soldiers remained hospitalized at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, including one who is in intensive care, Fort Bliss officials said in a statement.
All 11 soldiers fell ill Thursday following a 10-day field training exercise at Fort Bliss’s McGregor Range Complex, the base said. Initially, base leadership said the soldiers had ingested an unauthorized substance.
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The troops drank the potentially lethal substance thinking it was alcohol and became ill Thursday afternoon. All of them spent at least one night at William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss.
By Texas News Desk
Feb 2, 2021
Nine of the eleven Fort Bliss soldiers who unknowingly consumed antifreeze are out of the hospital. KDBC reports that a Fort Bliss spokesperson said as of yesterday there was still one soldier in intensive care and another in the non-critical care ward. Colonel Shawna Scully, Deputy Commander at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, says most of the soldiers are doing incredibly well in view of the fact that ethylene glycol in antifreeze is capable of causing kidney damage or kidney failure. The case is still under investigation.
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Army Investigates How Soldiers Drank Antifreeze Chemical as 2 Remain in ICU
Cars wait to enter Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)
2 Feb 2021
Army investigators are trying to find out how the liquor that 11 hospitalized Fort Bliss, Texas soldiers confessed to drinking during a recent field exercise ended up containing a deadly ingredient used in antifreeze.
Nine of the soldiers have been released from the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas but two still remain in stable condition in the intensive care unit, Lt. Col. Allie Payne, a spokeswoman for the 1st Armored Division told Military.com Monday.