{"id":6936,"date":"2021-01-03T13:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=6936"},"modified":"2021-01-03T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:58:43","slug":"thanks-to-covid-alcohol-ban-curfew-many-wards-that-would-have-been-full-of-dead-or-injured-drunk-drivers-or-pedestrians-didnt-get-a-single-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/thanks-to-covid-alcohol-ban-curfew-many-wards-that-would-have-been-full-of-dead-or-injured-drunk-drivers-or-pedestrians-didnt-get-a-single-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to Covid alcohol ban &#038; curfew. Many wards that would have been full of dead or injured drunk drivers or pedestrians didn\u2019t get a single patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Healthcare workers in Johannesburg celebrated the least traumatic New Year&#8217;s Eve in recent history, and they&#8217;re thanking South Africans for their cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Although emergency wards were busy with COVID-19 admissions, there was a drastic decrease in trauma cases at public hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Healthcare workers say this is all thanks to the alcohol ban and the 9pm curfew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Not a single trauma case came in at Victoria Hospital in Wynberg on New Year&#8217;s Eve or New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Emergency wards were also empty in the Khayelitsha and Paarl hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Approximately 400 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised daily in the Western Cape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Meanwhile, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital says not a single trauma case came through its doors on New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">That&#8217;s a first-ever for the massive and usually busy Soweto hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news\/healthcare-workers-celebrate-least-traumatic-nye-recent-history\">ENCA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare workers in Johannesburg celebrated the least traumatic New Year&#8217;s Eve in recent history, and they&#8217;re thanking South Africans for their cooperation. 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