Johannesburg - The fight against the deadly Covid-19 is being complicated by the spike in trauma cases that are related to alcohol.
Moeng, who was speaking at the Gauteng Provincial Command Council on Covid-19 on Thursday, said there had been an 80% increase in trauma cases as the load was going up with different levels of lockdown. "If we can have responsible drinking, hopefully the load to healthcare workers will be reduced.Most of the trauma we see is preventable," he said.
He also said there had been a dramatic drop in recoveries too while hospitalisations had increased exponentially.Makhura said as it is, they could not throw their hands in the air and say there is nothing they could do.
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