SHOCKING photos show the moment a young woman was left struggling to move after her drink was spiked on a night out.
Student Ilana El-baz, 20, was "completely paralysed" when she returned home from a night out in Bristol with pals just three weeks ago.
She is seen slumped on the staircase as she struggled to climb the steps, while her head falls into the railings as her eyes rollafter the alleged spiking incident.
Her boyfriend recorded the horrifying episode and theUniversity of Bristol student allowed the BBC to broadcast the clip to show the dangers of spiking.
It comes amid a worrying surge in women reporting spiking incidents across the UK – with an alarming trend emerging of people being injected with drugs.
Ilana believes she was spiked by a fellow clubber who approached her and asked her to dance.
"The moment I told him I was with my boyfriend he left me completely," she explained.
"An hour later I went back home and it hit and I was completely paralysed."
The 20-year-old said she felt "lucky I was with my friends" after her terrifying reaction.
She urged clubs to do more to prevent spiking incidents and suggested drinks should be served with lids – similar to takeaway coffee cups – to reduce the risk of them being laced.
"The fact they don’t is shocking," Illana continued.
Her experience is just one of many reported in recent weeks with fears young women are being targeted by spiking.
A string of Brits have shared terrifying stories of being pricked by a needle while out clubbing.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has ordered an urgent update from police on the spiking "epidemic" following the repeated reports.
"GO THE EXTRA MILE TO HELP GIRLS"
A female taxi driver revealed said she had to take FIVE girls to hospital as a result of drink-spiking in a single week.
Mum-of-three Carol Houchin, 45, said she has "to go the extra mile to help girls" amid the concerning rise in incidents.
One student told how she started to vomit and almost collapsed on a night out before finding a pin prick on her hand and later had no recollection of the evening.
Sarah Buckle, 19, had been out on Freshers Week with pals when her hand started to throb and was later rushed to hospital.
She told of her "shock" and "disgust" at realising she had most likely been spiked with an injection as she partied with pals.
"I knew I had clearly been spiked but it would have never occurred to me it was via injection if my hand wasn't throbbing. I thought how? I never take a drink away from the bar.
"You think spiking is to do with your drink, you don't think something would go into your body."
WORRYING TREND
Another 19-year-old University of Nottingham student shared an almost identical story about being spiked with an injection.
Zara Owen had been out with friends at Pryzm nightclub on October 11 and can only recall the moment she entered the club and went to the bar.
The teen believes she may have been spiked after she suffered complete memory loss and a pain in her leg which she believes may have been from being injected by a needle.
Michael Kill, CEO of the Night Time Industries Association, said he was "very concerned" about the flood of reports and called on the Home Office to work with the industry to tackle the problem.
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