Almost 100 people admitted to St John's Hospital in Livingston due to a fall or collision over a six week period this winter
dailyrecord.co.ukSt John’s Hospital in Livingston due to falling in the snow and ice in December and January.Their response revealed that there had indeed been a spike in patients being admitted to hospital after “falls or collisions.”Compared to 2019 and 2020 there were on average 80 more patients admitted to hospital after falls, over a six week period, this winter.Added to that, such patients made up the vast majority of inpatient admissions at the hospital this year, during the period we enquired about.The FOI revealed that in the six weeks preceding January 7 of 2021 there were 1485 attendances at Accident and Emergency in St John’s Hospital, 349 in-practice admissions, with 319 of those patients being for “falls or collisions.”However, the information.
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