Monday, November 23, 2009 East Central Illinois

Hospitals seeing a lot of patients from falls on ice

By Steve Bauer
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:11 PM CDT

Monday's warm temperatures may have been delightful to some, but overnight freezing meant dangerous conditions on city sidewalks and parking lots this morning.

"We've got a lot of gravity issues," said Carle Foundation Hospital emergency department physician Robert Kiskaddon. "We're seeing a lot of people going to work, going to school and slipping and falling."

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