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Edinburgh tram track injuries cost NHS more than £1m

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  • Started 7 years ago by Murun Buchstansangur
  • Latest reply from gibbo

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  1. Murun Buchstansangur
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    CEC should hang their heads in shame

    Good comments from the consultant:

    Prof Oliver said: "We deal with thousands of fractures a year in the Royal and it's become a new work steam for us.
    "It's not the £1m cost to the NHS, the problem is the suffering caused by the accidents and people having time off work, often ending up with some chronic disability with reduced function in a wrist or a shoulder and perhaps not getting back to sport, not being inclined to get back to cycling.
    "These are more significant things that are less tangible to measure."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-39305038

    Posted 7 years ago #
  2. redmist
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    Good grief ! And those are just the people who have been injured enough to go to hospital. There must be hundreds who "just" fell off but were able to walk away.
    Has anyone ever sued ?

    Posted 7 years ago #
  3. gibbo
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    I'm a little curious about the 61 who weren't cyclists.

    Posted 7 years ago #

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