Hospital unit reports rising trend

THERE has been a dramatic increase in the number of women attending the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit (SATU) in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital who got too drunk to remember being assaulted.

Over a third of those who attended the unit last year suffered memory loss due to excessive alcohol consumption.

This compares to one in five who came to the unit in 2001 suffering from memory loss wondering if they were victims of assault.