NewsWhore
10-20-2008, 02:10 PM
Of the traffic accidents that are registered in the country, motorcycles account for 80% of the total number of the patients at the Trauma Hospital in La Vega, and 63% of the patients at the Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo. Doctors Hector Quezada and Felix Hernandez called the situation very worrisome. Quezada said that an average of 4,000 people die in traffic accidents each year, and that at the hospital where he works (Dario Contreras) they deal with 8,000 major surgeries and 60,000 emergencies every year, most cases involving motorcyclists. These are the cases that lead to deaths and incapacities. He dubbed the lack of helmet use, combined with alcohol and a lack of compliance with traffic laws the "Trilogy of Death". The 'explosive' growth of the number of vehicles in the Dominican Republic has provoked a demand beyond the Dario Contreras hospital's capacity to handle. According to Listin Diario, there are more than 4,000 traffic deaths per year, and 63% of them result from motorcycle accidents. The government spends more than one billion pesos on treatment and rehabilitation of accident victims each year.
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