The incidence of trauma cases at five Western Cape hospitals declined sharply immediately after the liquor ban was reinstated on December 28. The number of trauma cases at these hospitals increases ...

Western Cape hospitals face a surge in trauma cases during the 2025 festive season, driven by road accidents and violence, despite national reductions in road fatalities.

FOR several hospitals across the island trauma cases have been putting a heavy strain on medical resources, frustrating doctors and other medical personnel and costing the Government considerable ...

The care was ordinary. A hospital in Modesto, California, treated a 30-year-old man for shoulder and back pain after a car accident. He went home in less than three hours. The bill was extraordinary.

Trauma cases over the past weekend more than doubled. The increase has placed significant strain on the healthcare system. The province has not yet surpassed its peak, health officials have cautioned.

The stand-alone trauma centre of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) will reopen this weekend for trauma patients, 15 months after it was converted to a dedicated coronavirus disease ...

A study carried out by doctors at University Hospital Galway (UHG) has shown that trauma cases have doubled over the past ten years. Based on critical care data from UHG, the study looked at the ...

It provided emergency services in two four-wheeler accidents on Dec 31 and one on Jan 1. Moreover, the emergency services provided medical aid in two cases of dog bites. In all, 34 trauma cases ...

A comprehensive trauma programme and management unit offering paediatric services, to cater to the alarming rise in traffic accidents, is being set up by the Sheikh Khalifa Medical Centre. The ...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. The second Covid-19 wave has receded, prompting the unbanning of the sale of alcohol. There is scant data available showing exactly how the ...