Thirty six cases and incidents were attended to across the city.
Over half of these were trauma cases involving alcohol fuelled incidents of violence including a number of stabbings. Majority of the incidents occurred between 12:30am and 2am.
“St John has always been busy with emergency operations in Port Moresby during the New Year’s,” said St John Ambulance CEO Matt Cannon. “We are generally concerned about the availability of cheap high-strength liquor in NCD.”
