According to Aleksejs Višņakovs, head of the clinic, one patient is a 44-year-old woman with multiple vertebral fractures, while the other is a 62-year-old man with multiple rib fractures, fractures of the scapula, femur, and vertebrae.
The woman is currently being treated in the ward and the man in the intensive care unit.
Both victims were walking in the street, so RAKUS medics urge caution and the need to go out, as branches, trees and structural elements of buildings may continue to fall even after the strong winds end.
Overall, the storm has caused some delays at RAKUS, both in outpatient and medical appointments. From time to time, various technical problems in the hospital's operations are also detected and corrected. The hospital's elective and emergency services have not been generally affected so far.
However, at the Pauls Stradins University Hospital (PSKUS), some delays in medical appointments have been experienced due to weather conditions. Some 15 patients planning to come from far away or are elderly have canceled previously scheduled appointments.
Vineta Kļaviņa, Head of Public Relations at PSKUS, said that some doctors living in Jūrmala and other parts of the Rīga vicinity were unable to come to work today because of the storm.
