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Alcohol a factor in third of ED patients

  • QCAA
  • Dec 19, 2013
  • 1 min read

Public health experts want alcohol to be treated as a national priority after a survey of hospital emergency departments showed that as many as one in three patients were treated for alcohol-related harm. A snapshot taken at 92 emergency departments across the country at 2am last Saturday showed one in seven patients attended as a result of the harmful use of alcohol, with some hospitals reporting one in three cases were alcohol-related.

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