by rt.com
UK National Health Service (NHS) Medical Director Stephen Powis has urged the British public not to become too inebriated over the holidays, in order to avoid a visit to the emergency room. UK ambulance personnel went on strike on Wednesday, reducing coverage to a bare minimum.
Speaking to BBC Radio on Tuesday, Powis said that “drinking responsibly” would help ease the “record demand we are seeing on urgent and emergency care.”
“Don’t get so drunk that you end up with an unnecessary visit to A&E,” he stressed.
Nine ambulance trusts across England and Wales have joined the action, involving paramedics, dispatchers, and support workers. The disruptions are the largest ambulance strikes to hit the UK since the 1980s, and NHS bosses have already instructed hospitals to free up beds and ensure patients are admitted within 15 minutes so that the few crews operating can respond to more calls…
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