As the summer break kicks in and visitor numbers at Warrnambool’s camping grounds and beaches swell, so too do the number of people arriving at the hospital’s emergency department with alcohol-related injuries.
A study of alcohol-related attendances at Warrnambool Base Hospital emergency reveals a fourfold increase in visitors from camping grounds, caravan parks and beaches during December and January.
This is just as many as those coming in after drinking at Warrnambool’s busiest hotels and bars.
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