Han fortalte der, at antallet af mennesker, som måtte behandles på hans hospital, Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis i Delft, efter en alkoholforgiftning, er fordoblet på fem år, og at der blandt børn mellem 10 og 15 år endda er tale om en seksdobling.
He said that the number of people requiring treatment for alcohol poisoning in his hospital, the Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis in Delft, had doubled over a five-year period and that in children between the ages of 10 and 15 it had actually increased six-fold.