11 deaths, 46 hospitalized & thousands of fines during holidays
Kuwait -National and Liberation Day holidays saw the death of 11 people in road accidents, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday, adding that 13,821 fines were issued while 724 cars and 68 motorbikes were compounded.Each of the deaths occurred at different times and on separate occasions during the country’s national celebrations from February 24-27, the ministry’s spokesperson Colonel Mohammad Al-Saber told KUNA.
The road violations also took place during Kuwait’s four-day public celebrations on varied roads, Al-Saber added.
The official urged drivers to abide by traffic laws and driving etiquette for their own safety and in order to limit these hazardous road accidents.
Some 143 cases have been handled during the national Days celebrations, of them 46 were hospitalized, while 97 others were treated on the spot, the Medical Emergency Department of the Ministry of Health declared here Sunday.
Of the cases hospitalized, there were 26 who fell as a result of quarrels, six due to road accidents, besides 14 who fell as a result of tumble and fatigue injuries in various sites of the Gulf Road and the areas of Shalets, Wafra, Sabhan and Failaka island, Assistant Deputy of the Technical Affairs of the MoH Dr. Khaled Al-Sahlawi said here Sunday in a press statement to KUNA.
He also noted that the MoH has equipped 20 ambulances in the celebrations’ sites, besides supplying two main clinics at the Gulf Road thoroughfare with necessary medical appliances and technical crews.
The ambulances were distributed to all sites of celebrations and rallies at the Gulf Road thoroughfare, besides the other spots in Shalets, Wafra, Sabhan and Failaka island in order to cover all places in the event of any emergency.
Further, the accident wards in the state hospitals have all necessary appliances and equipment in addition to a standby medical team working around the clock.
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