Hospitals in Alice Springs and Darwin see a surge in alcohol-related presentations, as organisations call for immediate funding to help quell soaring rates of family violence.
Newly released government data reveals there's been a 50 per cent spike in alcohol-related presentations in the Alice Springs emergency department since the lifting of long-term alcohol bans in the middle of last year.The data shows both Alice Springs and Darwin emergency departments hit their highest levels since 2018
The lifting of the bans – and a lack of resources supplied by governments to help communities transition out of them – have been cited by Aboriginal health organisations, unions and Opposition political leaders as key factors for a prolonged and frequently violent crime wave in Alice Springs. Asked if she agreed with the prime minister's comment yesterday that "all governments could have done better" in handling the end of the bans, Ms Fyles said: "Hindsight is a wonderful thing."
Women's shelter manager Regina Bennett says DV workers are needed urgently in the Royal Darwin Hospital ED.The new data also shows a spike in presentations at the NT's biggest hospital, Royal Darwin, which during the same period hit its highest rate of alcohol-related presentations since 2018.in order to measure the impact of the change, but none has been released.
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