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Meanwhile, he says the Health Care Centre emergency room is full-up with mountain bike injuries – many of them from the bike park, many of them head injuries. He estimates that 80 to 90 per cent of all cases being treated are mountain bike-related.
"The other day I treated a patient with a crushed helmet, and a serious brain bleed," he says. "Whether he lives or not has yet to be seen, but it’s safe to say that without the helmet he probably wouldn’t have made it to emergency."
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