People burning themselves while cooking are taking up intensive care beds that may be needed for gravely ill coronavirus patients
"Sometimes, they open the back door and they get a big gust of air that makes the flames go up even further."
The physical-distancing restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus have brought something of a lull to emergency rooms but unlike other trauma-related injuries such as those seen after car crashes"Which is why we are trying to alert people to the fact these types of injuries can require admission to hospital, sometimes for weeks, and involve time in the intensive care unit, surgery and result in long-term scarring," Associate Professor Cleland.
"There's more kids around at home too so there are a combination of factors that are feeding into this rise," she said.
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