This weekend, the hospitals Robert Reid Cabral and Darío Contreras recorded a significant increase in the attention of emergenciesdue to the effects of Christmas celebrations.
The emergency room at Robert Reid Cabral was significantly marked by children who required urgent attention poisonings food and burns.
As explained by Cristian Díaz, emergency specialist on duty, the increase in these cases is directly related to the consumption excessive of food during the holidays, which are not preserved properly or are reheated multiple times.
While, the burns were caused, for the most part, by the handling of hot liquids, stoves and accidents inside homes.
Attendance
On Saturday, the hospital treated a total of 44 patients in its emergency room, highlighting cases of burnsgastroenteritis and some conditions respiratory.
Although different patients They met for pathologies respiratoryDr. Díaz highlighted that there has not been an anomalous increase in serious cases.
“This 2024 has been calmer in terms of the flow of patients with respiratory problems. Yesterday, for example, we only served three children with conditions respiratory severe, and in the respiratory therapy unit, which is usually fuller, there are currently only three patients in treatment,” he said.
Fractures
In that same order, the Darío Contreras Hospital also experienced a significant increase in patients in the emergency room, for cases of fractures resulting from accidents traffic and other incidents related to the celebrations.
Among tears and worried faces, one stood out. mothervisibly affected, who could not hide her suffering when she learned that her son was being revived after suffering a accident traffic.
According to the staff doctor of the health center, located in Santo Domingo Este, over the weekend there was a greater flow of patients compared to previous dates.
