Telangana firecracker accidents: 70 patient with eye injury

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Oct 21, 2017, 12:16 AM

Telangana firecracker accidents: 70 patient with eye injury

From last night till now atleast 70 patients have been admitted to Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital and LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEIP) for eye injuries. These two big eye hospitals have 30 and 40 patients respectively.

“Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital received 30 patients with eye-related injuries since last night. Of the total, 12 are being treated as in-patients and six of the 12 are required to undergo surgery,” Telangana Medical and Health Minister C Laxma Reddy said in a statement.

Most of the patients received injuries while they were bursting crackers, while the others sustained injuries after being hit by sparkles emanating from crackers, SD Eye Hospital Deputy Superintendent Ravindra Goud said.

“Only one patient (identified as Swapna, an engineering student) received severe eye injury. A flying firecracker hit her in the right eye causing severe damage. We performed surgery and only after 48 hours we will be able to tell about the recovery of vision in the affected eye,”said Goud