Each year there are 200 new cases of spinal cord injury (1,200 in the whole state), of which 54% involve young people between 16 and 30 years, according to data provided by the Guttmann Institute, specializing in the treatment of those affected .
Also, there are 450 new cases of severe head injury (2,800 in Spain), of which almost 60% are under 25 years.
traffic accidents that cause spinal cord injury account for 44% of all accidental causes, and 70% for severe head injury, of which 29% are car accident and 38% motorcycle.
These data have been provided during the visit this morning has made the Guttmann Institute in Badalona the Minister of Interior of the Generalitat, Felip Puig, accompanied by the director of the Catalan Traffic Service, Joan Aregio.
The center, which serves each year by 19% of patients injured in traffic accidents, representing 20% \u200b\u200bof younger patients hospitalized for spinal cord injury or head injury, the interior minister has met with monitors Game Over program.
monitors this program (some thirty) are young people with disabilities because of an accident, and last year staged briefings 822 Catalan in 415 schools and reached 32,842 students High School students to explain in a clear and easy to understand why many accidents and their consequences. Puig
The minister said that "the excuse to visit this innovative center was the Game Over program, which will allocate more resources, if possible, and more monitors. We want people to be aware of the impact traffic accidents. "
In this regard, he stated that "often speaks of the dead who have been, but there are many people who are wounded and consequences due to alcohol, speeding or not wearing a helmet in the case of Bikes. "
Therefore, "is to acknowledge the work done by the Institute Guttmann and youth in the program Game Over, which explain their case to other young people to become aware of the dangers of dangerous driving." 11/05/2011
EFE
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