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#Benghazi neurosurgery today: young man referred from al Marj after being in a motor vehicle accident and injured his neck and spine. Removal of vertebral bone (laminectomy) for pressure relief on the spinal cord. Of course motor vehicle accident 👇

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#libya #بنغازي #ليبيا ImageImageImage
Traffic deaths and injuries are a major public health problem in #Libya. Bad cars & roads, recklessness, long dark roads and high ratio of cars have put Libya 🇱🇾 on top of the world when it comes to traffic injuries and deaths.

#ليبيا

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Motor vehicle accidents are #1 killer in Libya.

In 2018 in average 17 people died in Misurata each month due to traffic (175 deaths/10months, pop300k)

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#ليبيا Image
There is some Libyan research on this but they often have a lot of limitations and are clearly not funded.

Where is research funding or capacity building for these public health threats? Doesnt Libya need more that than constant small arms & drone studies?

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Most of these studies have been done by Libyans in foreign universities, such as in Cyprus, Egypt or Malaysia, and based on old, pre 2011 data.

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Most recent data from MoI (#Tripoli based) from 2018, has terrifyingly high numbers of death by traffic yet do not include #Benghazi, Derna, Ghat and few other places in their stats. The number of deaths is likely much higher.

#libya #ليبيا

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I wish more focus from stakeholders, @UNDPLibya, @UnicefLibya, @EUinLibya, @WHOLIBYA and others in tackling this issue. It is complicated, needs infrastructure, planning & public education. Pic fr feb2020 Benghazi, 27yr old woman died in an accident.

#ليبيا #بنغازي
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4 dead and 9 injured in a car crash near al Abyar, #Libya. Traffic injuries are a 🇱🇾 public health problem

#ليبيا #بنغازي #الابيار ImageImageImage
Car crash multitrauma patient in #Benghazi medical center, referred from the south. Before op tested negative for corona. Orthopedic ORs of Libya never cease working, inflow of trauma is constant and its deadly

#tafficinjury #libya #ortho #بنغازي ImageImageImageImage
Deadly car accidents outside #Kufra, southeastern Libya. So far one dead and one injured, waiting for other patients. Image
Death toll reaches 3. Car accidents are a top killer in #Libya. Image
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