This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health.
“With the beginning of the New Year holidays, there was an increase in the number of victims in accidents due to alcohol abuse,” Murashko said in the message.
The department clarified that we are talking about car accidents, fires in private homes, as well as injuries resulting from the careless use of pyrotechnics.
The Ministry of Health also said that children were among the victims.
Earlier, Candidate of Medical Sciences, psychiatrist, narcologist at the Hospital psychiatric clinic, Igor Kurekov, in an interview with RT, gave recommendations on drinking alcohol on holidays.