Major sporting events can trigger surge in heart attacks, study finds (continued)

By Helen Branswell, Medical Reporter, THE CANADIAN PRESS
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In the meantime, hospitals should plan for surges in emergency room admissions on the days of major sporting events, he said.

"One possibility to prepare for such events would indeed be to inform our emergency system that on the occasion of such stressful events, physician attendance, etc., should be specially prepared and increased."

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