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The number of Vladivostok residents applying to local trauma centers with fractures and broken bones received on the city’s un-cleared icy roads has increased by a third since the last week’s snowfall, doctors said.

From 60 to 65 people daily apply to each of the city’s three trauma centers. According to one of the doctors working for Vladivostok trauma center No.2, about one third of all patients are those with fractures received after falling on the city streets which currently resemble icy slopes.

The heavy snowfall on February 14 blanketed Vladivostok with a three-month norm of snow which melted and froze during the following day turning the roads into a skating rink.

While the city administration reports on the ‘city’s main roads being cleared’, the unattended sidewalks are a headache for residents, resulting in broken bones.

Vladivostok administration recently reported that it is holding a check of the road service companies responsible for cleaning roads. After the inspection, the companies which failed to clear the ice near their offices will be punished, the statement said.