Around the turn of the year, numerous patients were admitted to Leipzig University Hospital with firework injuries. As in previous years, hand and head injuries predominated, according to the hospital. On New Year's Day alone, the hospital recorded 137 patients with injuries or acute illnesses in the emergency department.
A significant proportion of the injuries were related to New Year's Eve. The number of acute and emergency patients treated annually in the Central Emergency Department had already exceeded the 40,000 mark for the first time in mid-December - an increase of around 14 percent compared to the previous year.
