A complete of 291 fireworks-related accidents have been registered from December 21, 2022 to January 5, 2023, which have been 55% greater than the 188 instances throughout the identical interval final 12 months, the Department of Health (DOH) mentioned Thursday.
Based on the company’s newest surveillance report, there have been 14 extra instances of fireworks-related accidents reported by sentinel hospitals days after the New Year revelry.
Of the 291 caseload—290 have been accidents attributable to fireworks, and one was a case of a stray bullet harm.
The National Capital Region (NCR) nonetheless topped the listing of areas with most recorded fireworks-related accidents at 136.
Western Visayas posted 33 fireworks-related accidents, Ilocos Region with 29, Central Luzon with 24, Calabarzon with 15, Bicol Region with 13, and Cagayan Valley with 10.
Eight instances got here from Central Visayas, seven from Soccsksargen, 4 every from Mimaropa and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), three from Northern Mindanao, two from Davao Region, and one every from Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Bangsamoro Region.
Of the victims, 105 sustained accidents on the hand, 80 on the attention, 39 on the top, 37 on the legs, and 33 on the forearm or arm.
Eighteen of them had blast or burn accidents that required amputation. There are nonetheless no deaths recorded attributable to fireworks accidents.
The DOH additionally identified that majority or 162 of the instances occurred on the road, whereas 121 occurred at dwelling.
Forty-nine of the victims have been allegedly intoxicated on the time of the accident.
Most of the victims or 231 of them have been male aged one to 80.
The prime fireworks concerned have been nonetheless kwitis, boga, 5-star, and fountain.
There have been nonetheless no studies of fireworks ingestion, in line with DOH.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
