Doctors prepare for influx of alcohol, drug-related ER visits during Lollapalooza
CHICAGO -- Lollapalooza starts Thursday, and hundreds of people are heading to Grant Park to enjoy all or part of the four-day music festival.But as Lollapalooza ushers in the stars, local hospitals are also preparing for an influx of visitors—with emergency rooms on heightened alert for various patients rushed their way.'Yes, we're all on heightened alert,' said Dr. Yanina Purim-Shem-Tov, the executive director of the emergency department at Rush University Medical Center.
Drugs have become a major factor too. The Chicago Department of Public Health this week posted a warning telling people to test drugs and carry Narcan.'People that go to festivals—they might indulge in ecstasy, or MDMA, LSD,' said Laura Fry of the nonprofit Live4Lali, 'and we have found fentanyl and all of those things.'Fry's organization works to prevent overdoses throughout Illinois.
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