After the baldness within the capital, there are report queues at traumatologists: docs warn the aged

Greater than 200 sufferers utilized

Till 7 o’clock this morning. greater than 200 trauma sufferers have already utilized to RVUL docs for emergency assist – twice as many as typical.

Of those, 174 suffered varied limb accidents (fractures, sprains, dislocations, bruises), and 32 head and neck accidents. 30 affected sufferers needed to be hospitalized instantly, as they require pressing surgical intervention.

Skirmantas Lisauskas/BNS picture/Republic Vilnius College Hospital

Along with the bald “victims”, one other 100 sufferers with different illnesses got here to the hospital reception.

The amount of labor of the Division of Radiology elevated twice as a lot as the standard circulation of traumatological sufferers – 475 X-ray and X-ray examinations and 101 CT examinations had been carried out within the final 24 hours.

Picture by Greta Skaraitiene/BNS/Plikledis in Vilnius

“We’re working extraordinarily intensively and are prepared to extend our forces if vital. At present, the wards of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Heart are full of sufferers who want surgical therapy, says Paulius Uksas, head of the Emergency Division. – Immediately we can even must cope with a big circulation of sufferers, as a result of it’s already round 8 o’clock. a queue of individuals ready for an orthopedic traumatologist session has began to kind, so the ready time for the examination will likely be longer than typical.

Skirmantas Lisauskas/BNS picture/Republic Vilnius College Hospital

Subsequently, I wish to urge sufferers who’ve suffered minor accidents to hunt assist at a therapy facility of their alternative.”

Nonetheless, the height circulation of sufferers on the hospital was late Wednesday night time. On Thursday, following 10 o’clock within the morning, there was not a big inflow of sufferers within the hospital’s reception space.

Plikledis/BNS picture.

The physician warns the aged

P. Uksas, head of the emergency division, drew consideration to older folks, whose falls usually lead to a posh damage – a femur fracture.

The physician advises them to remain at dwelling: “A femur fracture at a good age is a really harmful damage, usually ending within the saddest outcomes, so I actually advocate staying at dwelling.”

Picture by Greta Skaraitiene/BNS/Plikledis in Vilnius

I additionally urge kinfolk or neighbors of aged folks to deal with their purchases, to encourage them to guard their well being and keep at dwelling till the climate situations enhance.”

In hospitals, workloads should not the identical

Žydrė Gedrimaitė, public relations specialist of the Vilnius Metropolis Scientific Hospital (VMKL). 15min knowledgeable that no larger hundreds are noticed within the Emergency Drugs Division.

In line with the consultant of the medical establishment, the work right here takes place in a “regular rhythm”, as a result of a lot of the injured and traumatized individuals apply for emergency assist on the RVUL.

Lukas Balandis / BNS picture./Opening of the brand new constructing of kids’s departments of Santaras clinics (associative picture)

Throughout the previous day (January 10-11, 2024), 66 sufferers who suffered from slippery roads utilized to the Emergency Division of Santara Clinics, 8 had been hospitalized, and 6 of them required emergency operations. For comparability, on common, regarding 30 sufferers apply per day.

For youngsters’s surgeons at Santara clinics, yesterday was not a special occasion – it was regular work.

Sidewalks are closely sprinkled

Vilnius Metropolis Municipality introduced on Thursday morning that because of tough climate situations in Vilnius from 4:00 a.m. elevated quantities of salt and sand are sprinkled within the morning.

In line with the report, rain and frozen floor can go away sidewalks lined in ice, making strolling within the metropolis extraordinarily slippery. On account of climate situations, some areas are sprayed greater than as soon as. In whole, regarding 600 staff are cleansing pedestrian and bicycle paths, stairs and different areas in Vilnius.

“However, the Vilnius Metropolis Municipality urges Vilnius residents to chorus from pointless journeys at this time, and to stay attentive and cautious when strolling on the sidewalks, to take their time,” the report says. In Vilnius, the sidewalks had already changed into ice rinks on Wednesday night.