Queensland lockdowns drive spike in food delivery worker injuries
As Brisbane endured two snap lockdowns and heavy rain in March 2021, emergency doctors at one northside hospital recorded a sharp spike in injured food delivery drivers.
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) emergency specialist Claire Bertenshaw said there was a clear trend across the pandemic.
From September 2020 to September 2021, researchers at the Jamieson Trauma Institute and RBWH emergency specialists recorded 22 injured food delivery drivers at the hospital.
Dr Bertenshaw said most of the injuries came during lockdowns from road collisions.
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