Medics have criticised people for defying the coronavirus lockdown and ending up in A&E with drunken injuries over the Bank Holiday.

One NHS nurse said that “nearly every patient” who attended Bridgend’s emergency department in South Wales this weekend was “drunk with a head injury”.

Her team were forced to do 12 CT head scans and “plaster numerous limbs” after people were seen congregating in large groups without social distancing and drinking in parks during the hot weather.

She said people who went against lockdown rules in her area had “completely ruined what little faith in humanity she had left”.

She posted after her weekend shift: “After all these weeks of lockdown, social distancing and protecting the NHS, what do you do? You ruin all the hard work and effort in one night.

“All our staff were exposed to so many more people unnecessarily and so were you. Do you know how many have tested positive to this virus already?

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