Level 3 lockdown, alcohol ban has led to drop in trauma unit

Level 3 lockdown, alcohol ban has led to drop in trauma unit cases
Health care practitioners say the empty trauma units in many facilities mean they can now focus on the pandemic.
Africa's biggest hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath in Soweto, posted pictures on its Facebook page on 1 January 2021 of a near-empty trauma unit. Picture: Facebook.
105 days ago
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN - While many South Africans are angry about the latest ban on booze, health care practitioners say the empty trauma units in many facilities mean they can now focus on the pandemic.
On 28 December President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the sale of alcohol from retail outlets and the on-site consumption of alcohol at restaurants would not be permitted under the adjusted alert level 3 regulations.

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