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04/09/2002
Paramilitary beatings costing health service millions of pounds
Newly released figures have revealed that paramilitary-style attacks in Northern Ireland cost the health service around £1.5 million a year.
The figures, compiled by the Eastern Health Board, also showed that such shootings and beatings also result in an increase in the numbers waiting for emergency fracture surgery.
On average the cost of looking after someone who has been shot, for example, could total more than £7,000 - a figure which includes their stay in hospital and rehabilitation.
So far this year, 234 people have been the victims of paramilitary-style attacks.
The board said the total bill last year for looking after victims of such attacks would be more than £1.4 million.
(MB)
The figures, compiled by the Eastern Health Board, also showed that such shootings and beatings also result in an increase in the numbers waiting for emergency fracture surgery.
On average the cost of looking after someone who has been shot, for example, could total more than £7,000 - a figure which includes their stay in hospital and rehabilitation.
So far this year, 234 people have been the victims of paramilitary-style attacks.
The board said the total bill last year for looking after victims of such attacks would be more than £1.4 million.
(MB)
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