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Hospital Admissions Due to Alcohol Skyrocket

by Savitha C Muppala on Aug 26 2011 10:12 AM

Hospital Admissions Due to Alcohol Skyrocket

Alcohol associated admissions to hospital in the UK have gone up unimaginably in the last five years and is now touching 900 a day, a recent report has shown.

This is an alarming trend, experts say. A report by the North West Public Health Observatory at Liverpool John Moores University has shown a 25% increase in the numbers admitted to hospital due to alcohol abuse.

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Despite all the awareness about the adverse effects of alcohol, it is disconcerting to note the increase in hospital admissions due to the abuse of alcohol.

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