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City centres may set up 'field hospitals' for drinkers.
(From Yorkshire Post)
Andrew Robinson and Alexandra Wood YORKSHIRE city centres plagued by alcohol-related violence could get their own battlefield-style 'field hospitals' to cope with drunk and injured pub and clubgoers. Increasing pressure on Accident and Emergency unit and ambulance staff, who struggle to cope with unruly drinkers and their friends, has led to calls for a new way of dealing with weekend binge drinkers.
Leeds and Hull are now looking to set up temporary medical units to cope with victims of drunken disorder at weekends.
And police in Sheffield said the idea was "excellent" and may eventually be taken up there.
Health experts have monitored an experiment in Swansea and Cardiff where temporary casualty units were staffed on 'Black Friday', the last Friday before Christmas for many workers.
Under the scheme, rapid response paramedics dealt with 999 calls from pubs and clubs, leaving ambulances free for other incidents.
In Cardiff, the treatment room at the Millennium Stadium became a MASH-style medical unit and a Swansea city centre doctors' practice was also taken over. Both units were staffed by paramedics, experienced casualty nurses and police officers.
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