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A patient shouted "Oh baby yeah" as he experienced the effects of ketamine , given to him as a painkiller while doctors reset his broken ankle.

With an uncontrollable outburst which included: "Yeeha!" and "I'm the man" patient Neil looked truly in a world of his own as the doctors and nurses got to work.

Neil was being filmed as part of BBC Scotland's Superhospital programme after arriving at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow with a skateboarding injury.

Having not used a board for more than 30 years, he fell off, smashing his ankle on the concrete on the way down.

(Image: BBC Scotland) (Image: BBC Scotland)

Neil was told he needed surgery to reset the ankle which had three fractures, but doctors wanted to set it in place while he waited for surgery.

He was given the drug ketamine to ease the pain, and soon started to make himself heard.

In the documentary Dr Amit Roy, a consultant in emergency medicine, said: "Ketamine is a fairly powerful anaesthetic drug.

"It is quite unique, it works by disassociation.

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"So the patient may be awake but not aware of their surroundings rather than being completely under like some of the other anaesthetics."

Ketamine is a class B drug, but is licensed for use by doctors as an anaesthetic.

It works incredibly quickly and puts patients in a 'trance like' state so they cannot feel pain. Neil is a good example as he begins to experience the effects swiftly after being injected with it. This allows doctors to reset his ankle, before popping a cast on him.

BBC Scotland’s Superhospital follows the staff and patients of four of Glasgow’s oldest hospitals as they move into the new super hospital, the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.