St Stephen’s Day spike at hospitals

St Stephen’s Day has lived up to its reputation as a busy one for hospitals, with figures from emergency departments around the country showing a spike in presentations the day after Christmas.

The figures also show that there was at least one presentation at an emergency department due to a hoverboard-related injury — in Wexford General Hospital a 13-year-old boy presented after receiving what turned out to be a minor injury to a toe.

In some emergency departments, the number of admissions on St Stephen’s Day was almost double that for Christmas Day.