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Coast hospital admits 750 victims of road accidents every month

Members of the public mill at the accident scene of an accident involving along Haile Selaisse avenue in Mombasa. [File, Standard]

Road crashes continue to be the number one burden at the Coast General Hospital (CGH) with 83 per cent of admissions being accident victims.

A report from CGH Orthopaedic Unit indicates that out of 900 admissions into the unit within this year, 747 were related to road traffic incidents.

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