Almost a third of patients with multiple serious injuries, such as brain injury, organ damage or bone fractures, end up in a regional hospital. This while they are best off in one of the eleven specialized trauma centers, such as the UMC in Utrecht. Health Minister Kuipers wants ninety percent of patients to be helped here. This concerns about 4800 people per year.
Seriously injured patients too often end up in the wrong hospital, in Utrecht relatively often things go well
