The end-of-year holiday periods often rhyme with traffic accidents. The end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024 were no exception. Here is the report on public road accidents recorded at Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital.
According to information provided by the Head of the Surgical Emergencies Department of CHU SO, 33 cases of public road accidents were recorded during the day from December 31, 2023 to January 1, 2024. “These accidents resulted in injuries to people , including serious injuries. 8 patients had serious cranioencephalic trauma. We unfortunately regret 1 death. 11 ambulances were used to take patients to surgical emergencies for the most part,” we inform.
Likewise, during the day of January 1 to 2, 2024, 38 patients were admitted for road accidents, including 10 in serious condition which, apart from traumatic injuries to the limbs, was associated with head and brain trauma. “We have unfortunately recorded 2 cases of death. We remind you that these accidents, for the most part, occurred due to non-compliance with traffic laws and drunk driving, linked for the most part to the consumption of alcohol or any other narcotic,” informs -your.
These public road accidents, underlines the Head of the surgical emergencies department of the CHU SO, constitute a real public health problem since they always cause disabilities in patients and these disabilities have an impact on families. “This is the place to call for vigilance from everyone, for more awareness, especially in the use of means of travel and in carrying out certain activities. », advises the doctor.
Furthermore, on the morning of Friday December 29, 2023 at around 4 a.m., a serious traffic accident occurred in Assahoun on national road No. 5. 9 deaths and 8 injured were recorded. According to an investigation, it was a truck which hit a minibus which ended its journey in a ravine.
Atha ASSAN