By
Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 21st October:- A total of 3 patients
with fire cracker related injury presented to the emergency services of
Advanced Eye Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh. 16 patients were from the tricity area, while 21 were from the neighboring
states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. There were 29 males and 8 females. 19patients were <16 years of age
and 5 were >40
years of age. The youngest patient presenting with ocular injury due to fire
cracker was 7 years
old. 11 patients were
actually lighting the crackers when they got injured and 26 were bystanders. A total
of 13 patients
required surgical intervention to salvage the eye, 10 of which have undergone surgery at the time of preparation
of this report.
Majority of those who
required surgical intervention had severe injury with light perception or worse
visual acuity and were from outside the tricity area.
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