Diwali-related accidents had been reported throughout Tricity within the final 48 hours, with PGIMER’s Trauma Centre dealing with 5 instances of burns.
Amongst these, an 18-month-old boy suffered 30% burns on his proper facet, and a 16-year-old lady sustained 50-55% burns, predominantly on her higher physique. Based on Dr S S Pandav, head of Superior Eye Centre, PGI, their situation has now stabilised and each are within the
Burn ICU, whereas the opposite three are below care on the Superior Trauma Centre OPD and being managed accordingly for the accidents suffered.
As many as 21 folks with accidents to the attention got here to the Superior Eye Centre within the final 48 hours for therapy.
In anticipation of Diwali-related accidents, PGI’s Superior Eye Centre had activated particular emergency protocols, guaranteeing rapid therapy for firecracker damage instances (from October 30 to November 2). The Superior Eye Centre, with round the clock staffing of docs, nurses, and allied personnel, managed 21 instances of eye accidents ensuing from bursting firecrackers.
Two separate groups had been fashioned to make sure that sufferers had been attended to right away. One group comprising retina, cornea, glaucoma and oculoplasty sub-specialities was posted to take care of sufferers with accidents as quickly as they reached the emergency of the Superior Eye Centre. Sufferers requiring surgical procedure had been instantly transferred to the surgical group which ensured that rapid care was offered to them.
Based on the hospital administration, a complete of 21 sufferers got here to the Superior Eye Centre with a historical past of firecracker accidents within the final 48 hours.
There have been 16 males and 5 females. Twelve of the 21 sufferers had been youngsters, the youngest being a three-year-old feminine little one. There have been eight sufferers from Tricity (all from Chandigarh). Eleven had been from the neighbouring states of Punjab (4), Haryana (4), Himachal Pradesh (1), UP (1), Rajasthan (1). 9 of the sufferers acquired injured when bursting firecrackers, whereas the remaining 12 sustained accidents whereas observing the celebrations. The firecrackers that prompted accidents had been tilli bomb, putli bomb, sky shot, bicchu bomb, murga chap, anar, aloo bomb, and phuljhari. Out of the 21, six sufferers wanted surgical procedure, and all have been operated upon, as per the hospital administration.
Within the final couple of years, PGI’s Superior Eye Centre had managed Diwali-related accidents with meticulous planning and emergency protocols. “In 2023, as many as 23 instances had been reported, whereas in 2022, 28 instances had been registered in 48 hours within the run-up to Diwali of these years. The decline in variety of instances is because of speedy intervention by the specialised groups at PGI,” mentioned Dr S S Pandav.
Diwali-related accidents had been reported throughout the area, together with Chandigarh’s GMCH-32 and GMSH-16, which collectively managed dozens of burn and eye damage instances.
In GMCH-32, eight eye damage instances and 20 burn instances had been registered. Two had been admitted, whereas for burns, 19 had been discharged, and one was referred to PGI, as per the hospital administration.
At Authorities Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, 53 burn instances and 27 eye damage instances had been reported, whereas Civil Hospital, Manimajra, registered 24 instances of burns. Based on hospital administration, 12 damage instances had been reported from Civil Hospital (Sector 22), whereas Civil Hospital Sector 45 reported 39 burns and three eye damage instances.
In Panchkula, 33 sufferers with minor burns had been reported to the Civil Hospital OPD. At Civil Hospital, Part 6, Mohali 15 minor burn instances had been reported.
