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Tue 08 Aug 2008Keeping an eye on ugly wounds
SOMETIMES IT'S the little things that get you. Like a wound that doesn't heal up properly, which can lead to months of misery, and possibly even amputation of a limb. But often such dire outcomes could be avoided if wounds were better managed from the outset, according to experts.
"About 2 per cent of people at any one time have a wound that is being treated," says Dr Georgina Gethin, president of the Wound Management Association of Ireland, who estimates that we spent about €490 million, or about 4 per cent of the annual healthcare budget, on wound care here last year.
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