HCMCity (VNA) - More than 6,500 people were admitted to hospitals in HCMCity over the recent four-day holiday because of traffic accidents, physicalfights, and food poisoning, among other reasons, according to the city’s HealthDepartment.

FromApril 29 to May 1, of the 39,886 people visiting hospitals for emergencies orhealth check-ups, 825 cases were due to traffic accidents, 174 to fightingincidents, and 37 to food poisoning, among others.

Mostpeople involved in traffic accidents had been drinking too much alcohol anddriving over the speed limit.

Doctorsat 57 hospitals in HCM City carried out 1,012 operations, with 11 for traumaticbrain injury, the department said, adding that there were a total of 25 deaths.

Dr.Nguyen Dinh Phu, Deputy Director of People’s Hospital 115, said that threepeople died at People’s Hospital 115 on May 1.

Thecity’s Preventive Medicine Centre said there were no major Zika or hemorrhagicfever outbreaks during the holiday.

Thenumber of traffic accidents surged in Hanoi as well, with Viet Duc Hospitaltaking most cases.

Dr.Tran Ha Phuong of Viet Duc Hospital said that, of the 365 patients admitted tothe hospital as of May 2, 215 of them had been involved in traffic accidents.

Thoughfive operating rooms were open during the holiday, many patients had to waitdue to an overload, she said, adding that there were about 30 surgeriesperformed in each room per day.

NgheAn province saw a similar circumstance, with the number of patients increasingby 200 percent during the holiday.

NgheAn Friendship General Hospital, Orthopedics Hospital, and Hospital 115 admittedover 500 patients, with 40 percent of them due to traffic accidents whileothers suffered heat stroke and alcohol poisoning, among other causes.

Dr.Ngo Van Thiet of Nghe An Friendship General Hospital said that people need toavoid engaging in outdoor activities in the hot weather and to refrain fromdriving after drinking alcoholic beverages.-VNA