Alcohol-related trauma is putting a burden on the Western Cape’s health services, but that is not the only issue the province faces: There has been a reduction in patients taking up non-coronavirus health services such as immunisations and HIV screenings.
Western Cape provincial Health Department officials support the ban on alcohol, saying that alcohol abuse puts an additional burden on health resources. On Wednesday 15 July, the head of the department, Dr Keith Cloete, said the lifting of the ban on sales of alcohol had “depleted our ability to manage both trauma and Covid-19”.
“From our perspective, the ban on alcohol is needed,” said Cloete. He said the increase in alcohol-related trauma admissions at hospitals along with Covid-19 had strained resources in the province.
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