Nearly a third of all attendances at Irish hospital emergency departments on Saturday nights are alcohol-related, according to new research.
During the remainder of the week, alcohol was a factor in 5.9 per cent of attendances.
In the first study of its kind, which included all 29 emergency departments in Ireland, staff examined the notes of every person coming into hospital to identify “alcohol-related presentations”.
The busiest time is Saturday night and Sunday morning when 29 per cent of cases are alcohol-related.
Those arriving with alcohol-related presentations were most likely to be male, to arrive by ambulance and to leave against medical advice without being seen by a doctor, researchers at Galway University Hospital Emergency Department, the HSE Public Health Department in Galway and NUI Galway found
Source: Kevin O'Sullivan, The Irish Times, 28/05/18
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