Casualty flooded with teenage drunks

MILLENNIUM celebrations proved too much for several young partiers, with teenagers as young as 15 being taken to hospital for over-drinking.

The casualty department at Nicosia General Hospital received a spate of young people who were the worse for wear because of the festivities at the turn of the year, Head of Casualty Dr Costas Antoniades told the Cyprus Mail.

The sorry sufferers, mostly between the ages of 15 and 18, were put on drips or given sugar and sent home to get plenty of rest.

The drinkers added to the congestion at Nicosia Casualty, which has been extremely busy recently due to the unusually high number of flu victims.

Antoniades attributed the flu bug to the dry, warm weather this Christmas, but said that the numbers attending casualty for the flu were now beginning to drop.

Apart from these cases, he added that staff at the hospital were “very happy that we didn’t have any very serious accidents during these days.”

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