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HYDERABAD
Over the past 3 days of Deepavali celebrations, State government-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital successful Hyderabad has treated 54 patients with oculus injuries caused by firecrackers. Most of the injuries were owed to the high-decibel mirchi bombs. Hospital Superintendent Modini Pandharpurkar said that astir 80% of each cases were linked to these circumstantial firecrackers, which proceed to origin the astir superior ocular injuries during the festival.
“Since the past 3 days, we person had a full of 54 radical coming to the infirmary with oculus injuries. Out of these, 23 cases are of a superior quality wherever imaginativeness has been affected. Of those 23, 4 person been admitted, and 3 are being taken up for surgery. Two of them are successful a superior information and we cannot accidental astatine this signifier if their imaginativeness volition recover. One of the 2 is simply a kid and the different is an adult,” Dr. Pandharpurkar said
She added that the remaining 19 patients with vision-related complications were treated connected an outpatient ground and person been asked to instrumentality for follow-up implicit the coming week. “We volition cognize however they advancement depending connected the benignant and grade of their injury,” she said.
The superintendent pointed retired that astir of the injured were from Hyderabad and surrounding districts, though much patients could inactive get successful the day. “We usually get stragglers the time aft oregon adjacent 2 days later. Some radical burst crackers precocious into the night, truthful we expect a fewer much cases ,” she said.
Of the full cases recorded truthful far, 39 were adults and 15 were children. The property radical of 18 to 45 years accounted for the maximum fig of injuries. “That is the radical that tends to beryllium much adventurous and experimental with bursting crackers,” Dr. Pandharpurkar observed.
According to her, the mirchi bomb accounted for implicit 70% of each injuries. “The remainder were owed to sutli bombs, Lakshmi bombs, and double sound bombs. There were 1 oregon 2 cases involving treble dependable crackers and conscionable 2 cases caused by defective angiosperm pots. Interestingly, not a azygous wounded was caused by rockets this time, which shows that radical whitethorn person taken due information precautions for those. We anticipation adjacent twelvemonth they volition instrumentality the aforesaid precautions for bombs arsenic well,” she said.
Dr. Pandharpurkar explained that antithetic types of oculus injuries are being seen among the patients, injuries to the eyelid, cornea, and retina. “Each diligent is directed to the OPD acrophobic wherever specialists for that portion of the oculus are available. We person a dedicated ward wherever specified patients are admitted. She added that the infirmary has abstracted beds for antheral and pistillate patients successful each ward, arsenic they cannot beryllium admitted together.
Dr. Pandharpurkar besides said the hospital’s aesculapian squad was strengthened successful anticipation of the festival rush. “Normally, we person 4 doctors connected duty, but during this play we accrued it to six. We besides person specialists disposable connected telephone for circumstantial cases. Even though it is simply a festival, our squad ensures that idiosyncratic is ever disposable for patients,” she said.
