Admissions for alcoholic liver disease rise by 1,000/year in last 3 years Figures came to light after parliamentary question by MP Diane Abbott 14,886 hospital admissions in 2009/10; 15,858 in 2010/11; 16,865 in 2011/12
Surgeons warn of the impact of alcohol.
The number of people being admitted to hospital with liver problems as a result of alcoholism is rising dramatically, figures suggest. And the amount of alcoholics who get given liver transplants is also increasing.
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