Irish author and playwright, Brendan Behan, drank himself to death in the early 1960s. On one occasion, in America, he collapsed into an alchoholic coma and was transported to a nearby Catholic hospital.
Because he was such a famous patient the hospital board made sure that he was given around-the-clock care and so there was always a nun at his bedside, fussing around and attempting to keep him comfortable.
Because he was such a famous patient the hospital board made sure that he was given around-the-clock care and so there was always a nun at his bedside, fussing around and attempting to keep him comfortable.
Behan remained in a coma for three days and when he finally regained consciousness he saw the nun at his bed-side. "Bless you sister," he said. "May all your sons be bishops."
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