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Tourists dead or seriously injured after jumping from the balcony of their hotel, are the results of the phenomenon of "balcony", making it again victims in the Balearic Islands.
A doctor specialized in the subject sounds the alarm because this phenomenon seems to return in the Spanish archipelago
After two years of recession thanks to campaigns of information and prevention , this phenomenon seems to return to Spain, according to Juan Jose Segura, surgeon at the Hospital Son Espases of Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands.
The term "balcony" describes the energy of tourists, particularly from Britain or Ireland, often in a state of drunkenness or after drug abuse, jumping from the balcony of their hotel to end up in the pool or reach another balcony.
This extremely dangerous practice is very often the result of paris between tourists during their wild vacation in the archipelago.
At least 6 incidents of "balconying" have been transferred to the hospital of Dr. Segura since the beginning of the year, from the British, Irish and French, as he has him. -Even says.
Three failed and the others were seriously injured, some were paralyzed
This figure is larger than in 2016 and 2017, where the hospital has recorded six incidents and no deaths
"Seems like this year will not be like the previous ones and we will return to the original trend of 2010-2015, with 10-15 incidents a year, "he said. French agency, Juan Jose Segura, who conducted a research on "balconying."
The data he mentions relate to his hospital, suggesting that similar incidents have also been discovered in the rest of the archipelago
The police and the government Regional are not able to give an overall picture of incidents of "balconies" this year
In the Spanish archipelago, three people fell this week from the balcony. The police are investigating incidents that can not all be related to "balcony".
On Wednesday, a 14-year-old Irishman was killed during his fall from the hotel where he stayed with his mother in Mallorca, Spanish police said. It seems that he "was playing on the balcony" and dropped, said a spokesman.
The same day, on the island of Ibiza, a 20-year-old man fell off the balcony under uncertain conditions until this time. He is in serious condition. According to the British media, he is a city councilor in London.
On Friday, on the island of Formentera, first aid services were called to help another man, a score, who fell off a balcony
The investigation on Juan Jose Segura, which he conducted between 2010 and 2015, found 46 incidents that he resumed in his hospital after. " they, more than 60% were British, with a big difference compared to the Germans and the Spaniards.
The drop was made from an average height of eight meters, and all the patients, except one, were men of average age 24.
"We see a young man who has no problem, in the prime of his life, with thousands of drawings, all his life in front of him, dying or "seriously injuring himself" is really tragic, "said the Spanish doctor.]
The surgeon also participated in he awareness raising in the UK and in partnership with the British Embbady in Spain. Local authorities are also making efforts to solve the problem.
"Hoteliers distribute leaflets, alert the world," says Segura. Sometimes they put young people that they suspected of "balconies" in the rooms on the lower floors, he added.
But also the municipal authority of Kalvia intervened: those who try to jump from one balcony to the other are punished with fine and the sale of. alcohol is banned in stores after a while
With information from RES-BEP-AFP
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