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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May

Broken ribs, ruptured bowels: ebike injuries double at major Sydney hospital in one year

Schoolboys cruise on e-bikes at Manly Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
The figure may be higher, as the total ebike related presentations at St Vincent’s only captures those aged 15 and older. Photograph: Andrew Quilty

“You don’t understand the power of an ebike until you get on one,” Dr Tony Grabs warned.

Grabs, the director of trauma at St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney, was citing a patient who had jumped on a rental ebike after a night of drinking with friends – the first time she had ever been on one.

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