A perilous party-trick backfired when a man was hospitalised after swallowing a beer bottle at a family get together . St John paramedics were called to a home in Wagaman , northern Darwin , at about 9pm on Wednesday . The 38-year-old man had reportedly chewed and swallowed the entire glass bottle 'and then went for a lie down ' , at which point his family called Royal Darwin Hospital , reports NT News . Paramedics were called to a home in northern Darwin after a man chewed and swallowed an entire glass bottle of beer . Superintendent Louise Jorgensen said reports of drunken and foolish behaviour are highly frustrating for police . 'People are dismayed when we ca n't respond to their jobs immediately , but this is why — because of all these other jobs that are coming in . 'General duties police are run off their feet by anti-social behaviour and Alice Springs is in a similar position . ' There were over 500 calls made to Northern Territory police between 3pm-11pm on Wednesday , most of them domestics or drunken anti-social behaviour . The 38-year-old man had reportedly chewed and swallowed the entire glass bottle before lying down , at which point his family called Royal Darwin Hospital ( pictured )
Paramedics were called to a home in northern Darwin on Wednesday night . The 38-year-old man had chewed and swallowed an entire beer bottle . There were 3pm-11pm calls made to NT police between 500 on Wedensday .