Open an additional operating room due to slip and fall accidents
The third operating room will be open on Sunday due to several slip and fall accidents. mbl.is/Jón Pétur
Due to the number of slip and fall accidents last week, which led to various fractures, the decision was made at Landspítali National Hospital to open an additional operating room and day ward last Sunday. The same will be the case next Sunday.
This is stated in a written response from Landspítali to a query from mbl.is.
In a normal year, two operating rooms at Landspítali National Hospital in Fossvogur are worked on weekends, but on these two Sundays, staff and managers will come in for shifts at the third operating room in their free time. In addition to manning shifts in the day ward. This is done to ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment promptly.
Hjalti Már Björnsson, head physician at the emergency department, told mbl.is on Friday last week that 62 individuals had visited the emergency department since Monday.
In most cases, the injuries were minor, but there were also some broken bones and head injuries
