AT St Vincent's Sydney, it was a typical New Year's Eve - with subtle variations.

Head of Emergency at St Vincent's, Dr Gordian Fulde, gives his report card:

'TWAS a good New Year's Eve - well, at least for most of the population who weren't left sick or bleeding.

It is the only night of the year when the whole world, black or white, religious or not, celebrates and has a drink. Hence lots of violence.

We had two stabbings, one into a male's abdomen resulting in a perforated bowel.

There were also lots of assaults and fights. One young man is still unconscious with bleeding on the brain after being king-hit.

A 36-year-old giant of a man was so drunk and violent he needed to be sedated twice because when he woke up he was still very dangerous and out of control.

Several pedestrians were hit by cars, including a 28-year-old drunk male.

Falls from vantage points occurred after midnight. One 25-year-old female climbed on to a first floor ledge to see the fireworks but fell.

A 19-year-old got up on a metal roof for the fireworks. While sliding down he suffered deep lacerations to his arm, damaging muscles and tendons, requiring surgery.

We even saw more vomit than blood!

A boy, 16, with a blood alcohol of 0.3 could only just be roused. A 24-year-old female suffered a nasty head laceration when she slipped in her bathroom while vomiting.

A female, 23, was found intoxicated. She had abrasions everywhere but has no idea how she got them.

But none were as bad as one young lady who was so drunk she dislocated her jaw vomiting!

Several mixed alcohol with ecstasy, coming to hospital unable to breathe, suffering panic attacks and vomiting.

One really stupid incident occurred when some friends "as a joke'' folded over a metal bottle top and put it in a mate's drink.

He choked on it and needed to have it removed in hospital. A close call.

Despite all that, I suspect most had a good evening and I wish all a happy new year.

