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EDITOR,--D F Bowden and D P Burke's suggestion that the major injuries unit in Birmingham contributes to the current lack of provision of intensive care services in the city is based on incorrect facts and lack of understanding of the situation.1 This is partly due to a misreading or a misinterpretation of a thesis that does not support their assertions.2The number of patients admitted to the five bedded major injuries unit for intensive care over the past five years has been 305, 303, 277, 383, and 407. The unit not only admits patients with major trauma but also provides intensive care for patients admitted to the regional burns unit; other patients are admitted when need coincides with empty beds.
Over the past six months 146 patients have been admitted to the unit; the average bed occupancy has been 90% (range 81-101%). Eighty of these patients had major injuries, 31
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