Saturday of Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife has ended with a total of 176 people served by the safety and emergency devicemost of them due to alcohol consumption and some of which had to be referred to hospitals.
At last night’s night dances they recorded a total of 144 people treated at the Carnival Hospital. Of all those assisted, 66% needed help for excessive alcohol consumption.
By age groups, they needed to be treated by health resources 128 adults and 16 minors. Most of the assists were of a minor nature, although 12 people needed to be transferred to hospital centers due to the injuries they presented or to carry out diagnostic tests.
for suffering falls or injuries Up to 22 cases were recorded in the area around the carnival ‘Quadrilateral’. In section intoxication by narcotic substances there were eight affected, some of whom had to be referred to a hospital. Up to four people needed help for common illnesses not directly related to the party. Eight situations of patients that were classified as other conditions were also counted in the balance.
In police matters, they intervened in the attention, and in some cases clarification, of small brawls that occurred in the early hours of the morning. The injured were evaluated and in some cases referred to health centers. Those affected by this type of incident were a total of five people.
The local police unit attached to the Minor’s Prosecutor’s Office registered 17 young people last night, these minors were identified and, once assisted, contacted their legal guardians. Of this age group, 10 were girls and 7 boys aged between 15 and 17 years.
In the Violet Point which remains operational in the Hospital del Carnaval, advisory, support and information work was carried out for two people who, due to their circumstances, required assistance from the specialized personnel of this service.
Last festive day, members of the Local police, National Policeof Tenerife Firefighters Consortium, from the Santacrucera Civil Protection volunteer group and the Spanish Red Cross health personnel. In addition, they had the support of Civil Protection volunteers from Güímar and a delegation from El Valle del Golfo.
32 SERVICES AT THE DAY CARNIVAL
The day carnival celebrations They have demanded a special reinforcement of all emergency resources in the face of the massive presence of the public on the streets of the city. In the Carnival Hospital it was necessary to treat a total of 32 people, 19 adults and 13 minors.
Regarding the symptoms of these people, in the group of adults, 14 were treated for alcohol intoxication; five due to falls or injuries; one for drug intoxication; four due to common illness, and seven in the section on other causes. Of the minors, 75% had alcohol poisoning.
The agents of the unit attached to the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office, which are also present in the Carnival Hospital device, registered 12 minors, seven boys and five young people between the ages of 15 and 17.
During the day, a total of nine people were attended to at the so-called Violet Point of the Santa Cruz Carnival, four men and five women. All interventions were related to informative and advisory issues.
As in previous days, through the municipal Twitter accounts of the Center for Operational Coordination of the Municipal Administration (Cecopal) @CECOPALSC or the Local Police of the capital @PoliciaLocalSC, as well as the Civil Protection volunteer @ProteCivilSCTF, information has been issued on the evolution of the work carried out by this preventive device with the label #HospitalCarnavalSC
