17 October 2008

Drunken admissions to hospitals triple
Alcohol-related admissions to two inner London hospitals have tripled in four years.
Psychiatrists say the number of patients treated at University College Hospital and the Whittington hospital rose from 998 in 2004-05 to 2,690 in 2007-08. There was also a 34 per cent increase in A&E attendances for excessive drinking. > Read more

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