The National Institute of Medical Emergencies reports that eight of the 11 cases of ethyl coma, which were admitted to the Benguela General Hospital, involved women, aged between 14 and 49 years old. Despite these data, the head of INEMA in Benguela, Nani Francisco, characterizes the first day of 2024 as calm
Nani Francisco states that the reported data suggests that, at least in this transition year, women were those who consumed the most alcoholic beverages. Most of them had consumed excessively an industrial drink known as “rum” and whiskey, the so-called hot drinks. “Those packaged drinks. So we also ask the ladies to be cautious.
We are talking regarding ages 14 to 49 years old”, he stressed. Given the data presented here, the head of INEMA comes to the clear conclusion that “women drank more than men on New Year’s Eve. 95 percent of ethyl coma were female. Four of them we took to Benguela General Hospital are under observation,” he said.
The person responsible for INEMA reported 75 incidents, including 21 assistance to patients due to trauma from road accidents, 5 physical attacks, 5 births on public roads and the same number at home. “We had ten intra-hospital transfers and, as for clinical cases, once once more in greater numbers, a total of 30”, he reveals, for whom the highlight is the case of sexual abuse of an 11-year-old teenager, which resulted in death.
The events occurred in the Calosmbekua neighborhood, where the presumption of committing the crime falls on a 27-year-old citizen. “There was also a rollover of a square Hiace, near Catumbela airport. In Lobito, a 22-year-old, according to reports, because she did not accept to pay for a drink, was stabbed with a knife and died,” he said.
BY: Constantino Eduardo, in Benguela
