INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Doctors at Herat Regional Hospital say three died and more than 230 others have been injured in less than a week due to traffic accidents in
the province.The figure was recorded during the last week and with the beginning of Eid al-Adha holidays, doctors said.The doctors added
that in the past week, up to 60 injured individuals have been transferred to the Herat Regional Hospital because of traffic incidents.&In
total, we had about 60 injured due to traffic accidents and three deaths,& said Ahmad Farhad
Afzali, head of Herat Regional Hospital.&These categories included women and children, but the majority of them were young people
riding motorcycles,& he added.Doctors in the surgery department of this hospital stressed that in most of these incidents, usually young
people have lost one of their body parts.&Sometimes the injuries are so severe that they die on the spot
A number of these are often hospitalized in the neurosurgery ward,& said Barkatullah Mohammadi, doctor in the neurosurgery department of
Herat Regional Hospital.However, a number of Herat residents said that drivers& lack of attention to traffic rules and families& neglect
of their children are among the main factors that cause traffic accidents.With the start of the hot season, the number of traffic accidents
Most of the youth in this province use motorcycles, but carelessness, speeding, and not paying attention to traffic rules have caused an
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