Welsh sea water left man with 'pus filled lump on lung'

Welsh sea water left man with 'pus filled lump on lung'

Ian Gowan tripped and ended up swallowing sea water and within weeks was in a high dependency hospital unit

Four mouthfuls of seawater put a man in hospital with lump 'the size of a tennis ball'

Ian Gowan ended up being admitted to a high dependency unit and is permanently scarred after the incident

“A Mouthful of Sea Water, a Lung Full of Pus”: Tourist’s Nightmare in Wales Exposes Sewage Crisis

A holiday in Wales took a dangerous turn for Ian Gowan, a visitor from Kidderminster, who ended up in a high dependency hospital unit after a seemingly minor fall into the sea at Aberystwyth led to a severe lung infection. While walking his dog along the seafront, Gowan lost his balance and fell, inhaling several mouthfuls of seawater before a passerby helped him to his feet. “Someone walking past helped me but I’d ingested about four mouthfuls …