In its fourth bulletin issued at noon on Monday, 6 April 2015, the Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported 30 deaths during the Easter Week. Four persons drowned and 26 died in traffic accidents.
The COE coordinated 41,050 volunteers who were on duty over the holidays, the busiest domestic travel period. The COE reported that its staff and volunteers helped 253,084 people with services ranged from mechanical repairs for vehicles, flat tires, towing, and transporting people, to first aid, medical care and hospitalization. Included in the number also are 38 persons at the risk of drowning. There were 2,512 highway assist posts.
As part of the road safety operation for the return to cities, the 140 Ministry of Public Works motorized patrols posted along the main roads carried out 2,407 road assistance operations, mainly mechanical repairs, towing, tire changes and filling up with fuel. COE reported 1,053 persons were affected by 995 traffic accidents. Of these, 459 involved a motorcyclist, 145 light vehicles and 31 trucks. The report indicated that 20 persons were run-over from Thursday afternoon to Sunday.
The Ministry of Public Health reported there were 249 cases of alcohol poisoning, 35 of which involved minors between the ages of 3 and 17.
As of Sunday afternoon, less emergencies than usual were reported at the main trauma hospitals, Dario Contreras, Ney Arias Lora (Santo Domingo) and Juan Bosch (La Vega). Dr. Jose Gabriel Aponte of the Dario Contreras hospital said that between Thursday and noon on Sunday they had seen 345 patients of whom 82 were for traffic accidents. 51 involved motorcyclists. There were no deaths and 40 patients were hospitalized. At the Ney Arias Lora hospital in Villa Mella, spokesman David Gonzalez said that from Good Friday to Sunday afternoon around 238 people had been treated, most for traffic accidents, and 27 were admitted. At the Juan Bosch hospital, 229 patients were treated in the emergency room, 45 for traffic accidents and 26 were admitted.
The 911 Emergency service responded to more than 10,000 incidents. For more details, see Bulletin No. 4 at
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