Eight weeks of an alcohol ban would save the country R1.3 billion and would enable the treatment of about 18 000 Covid-19 patients in general wards or about 13 000 in ICU wards, modelling suggests.
The work presented to the committee stemmed from two questions raised by the Ministerial Advisory Committee , was presented to the National Coronavirus Command Council and informed the decision to once again promulgate a lockdown regulation banning the sale of alcohol. Patients with multiple injuries frequently require prolonged hospitalisation and extended rehabilitation often exceeding four weeks.
He said over eight weeks, the liquor ban would reduce alcohol-related trauma cases by 36% and all trauma cases by 18%.He said the modelling suggests that the 50 000 fewer trauma cases would lead to a saving of R1.3 billion, and would allow for almost 18 000 Covid-19 patients to be treated in general wards or about 13 000 in ICU wards, or a combination thereof.
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