From midnight on Friday 30 December, to 10am Tuesday, 3 January, 41 emergency centres in the Western Cape dealt with 3,534 trauma cases. Medical centres across the province also dealt with 9,555 non-trauma patients.Out of the cases, there were 920 stabbings, 767 blunt assaults, 117 motor vehicle-related injuries, 136 pedestrian-related injuries, 65 gunshot wounds, 762 accidental injuries and 75 self-harm injuries.
Most of the reported cases were dealt with at Delft Community Health Centre , Kraaifontein CHC, Paarl Hospital, Gugulethu CHC, and Khayelitsha Hospital. “On our busy provincial roads, the EMS responded to 149 transport-related incidents, of which 69 involved pedestrians, 71 were light motor vehicles, four involved motorcyclists, three involved minibus taxis, and two involved cyclists,” says Van der Heever.Also read: