Hospital sees 150 e-bike injuries in six months as surgeons warn of ‘massive burden’
Surgeons warned that as patients stayed with severe injuries, e-bishing injuries caused a “big burden” in hospitals.
According to the surgeons at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, broken bones are not rare because people have much higher than bicycle rate.
For the last six months, an orthopedic trauma ward has seen 150 cases caused by e-bicycle accidents-32-year-old patients and a six-year-old girl with multiple fractures hit by electric bikes.
E-bikes are bicycles with a rechargeable battery and electric motor, which is often heavier than normal bikes.
They are rising popularity in London. Only this week, trips to electric bikes, passengers, while closing the tube services, the vehicles are looking for alternative ways to walk around the capital has increased more than twice.
Lime revealed more than 50 percent jump on Monday and Tuesday traffic on traffic and rose to three quarters on Wednesday.
However, the surgeon Jaison Patel is increasingly lost in his department that he said he has put a “burden ..
“If we could reduce the number of patients coming with such injuries, it would be clear for patients, but it requires great pressure on NHS,” he said.
His colleague, Nick Aresti, added that the injuries they have seen are much more severe and that people are struggling to return to normal ”.
Both surgeons acknowledged that the e-bike industry needed better regulation.
Currently, everyone aged 14 and over can ride an electric bike without the need to have a license or to wear helmets. E-bikes should be cut when they have a maximum of 250 watt power output and reach 15.5MPH speed.
London Walk and Bicycle Commissioner Will Norman participated in a call for a change in e-bike rules.
He said to the BBC: ız We must make sure that the vehicles are safe, that they are parking, not scattered everywhere and the batteries are safe.
“I am very happy that the government now states in the English revolution. [and Community Empowerment] Bill, London and other cities in London and the UK will get more power, so we can start regulating, to make sure that people are safe for their use and business. “
The bill is currently moving in Parliament, but it is not yet known when it will pass.
However, Duncan Dollimore, President of Cycling UK Campaigns, a member of Electric Bike Alliance, opposed the increasing e-bike arrangement.
He said: “Each year, the cost of health problems related to inactivity in NHS saves £ 7.4 billion, and people who ride bicycles save them £ 1 billion.
“We have seen a slight increase in the number of events containing e-bikes hired in London, but the health benefits of people who are bicycle overweight the risks from about 20 to one.”
