Delhi hospitals report eye, burn injury cases after Diwali celebrations

According to Dr Manish Singhal, prof and caput of the section of Burns and Plastic Surgery department, a fig of cases were potash-related burns. Potash is simply a commonly utilized chemic successful firecracker manufacturing and is highly flammable.

“Eleven of the patients besides developed injuries successful their eyes and 19 injuries had pain oregon blast injuries involving hands,” said Dr Singhal.

Thirty-five cases were reported astatine AIIMS Delhi, 5 from extracurricular NCR and 8 from NCR region, including 5 from Gurgaon.

At RML Hospital, retired of the 44 cases reported 38 patients were males and six females.

According to Dr Sameek Bhattacharya, director, Professor and Head of Department of Burns, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery astatine RML Hospital, astir patients had suffered pain injuries connected look and hand.

“The captious patients had 45 per cent full assemblage aboveground country burns, galore different patients had 35 per cent full assemblage aboveground country burns on with facial and suspected pain injuries and determination were patients with 25 per cent full assemblage aboveground country on with groin burns,” helium said.

Dr Bhattacharya said six patients were from 1 household aft their location caught occurrence owed to firecracker blast successful Delhi’s Bindapur. “One of the household members had stored explosive materials for making crackers, which resulted successful the accident. There were 2 much instances of burns which occurred portion attempting to marque improvised firecrackers. In different cases, the mishap occurred owed to immoderate tube contraption filled with explosives,” helium said.

However, dissimilar past twelvemonth determination were nary instances of blast wounded of the hand. “One diligent had a fracture of 1 digit and different had tendon injury, some were repaired by surgery,” Dr Bhattacharya said, adding that successful patients with manus pain implicit symptom alleviation was fixed by anaesthetising manus by “Nerve Block connected Arrival”. This helped successful cleaning and dressing of the wounds. All manus burns were treated with peculiar dressing worldly successful the signifier of gloves.

At Delhi government-run Lok Nayak hospital, the exigency section reported 19 pain wounded cases, portion the Central Government’s Safdarjung Hospital, 18 Diwali-related pain wounded cases were reported connected October 30 and 117 connected October 31. Out of the 18 cases, 9 had to beryllium admitted and 9 insignificant burns were treated connected OPD basis.

Dr Sujata Sarabhai, advisor prof and caput of the Department of Burns, Plastic and Maxillofacial, Safdarjung Hospital, retired of 117 patients, 20 were children beneath 12 years of age, 86 were firecracker burns and 31 were Diya burns.

Most of the patients were from Delhi (89 retired of 117) and surgeries had to beryllium performed connected 5 patients who suffered terrible manus wounded owed to firecrackers.