Skip to main content

BLEEDING SPEED - Crashes burden health sector

INJURIES RESULTING from motor-vehicle crashes are costing the health sector hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

Last year, there were 14,069 visits to hospitals islandwide for treatment for injuries resulting from traffic crashes.

That is an increase of more than 600 compared to 2006 figures, when hospitals islandwide treated 13,376 injuries caused by road crashes.

Those injuries at the time cost the health sector an estimated $1 billion to treat.The jamaica Gleaner

Comments

Popular posts from this blog