Question NW2067 to the Minister of Health

Reply:

Hospitals do not have beds in the emergency centers, and as such the information that is required is not available. The Department does however have a record of the head count for the casualty per province for the same period, which is reflected here below, which does not show marked change. This could be due to the fact that the opening of alcohol sales was for a shorter period with added restrictions, coupled with health education.

Province	Element	April 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020
Eastern Cape	Casualty headcount - total	19 523	17 371	21 618	19 232
Free State	Casualty headcount - total	5378	6294	7036	6727
Gauteng	Casualty headcount - total	10 520	10 930	14 876	7 244
KwaZulu-Natal	Casualty headcount - total	23456	23966	25521	27460
Limpopo	Casualty headcount - total	17661	16584	18103	16147
Mpumalanga	Casualty headcount - total	12 096	13 705	15 312	13 686
Northern Cape	Casualty headcount - total	4 353	3 288	4 740	3 791
North West	Casualty headcount - total	7483	9652	10734	9330
Western Cape	Casualty headcount - total	5275	2701	1636	2391
South Africa	Casualty headcount - total	96 000	95 594	112 320	116 482

NB: Western Cape

The figures for Western Cape are low due to the fact that they conducted a sentinel trauma survey in the following hospitals to establish the trends in the number of alcohol induced injuries treated at hospitals: Michell’s Plain, Groote Schuur, George, Heideveld and Tygerberg Hospitals

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