‘Mirchi bombs’ account for bulk of Deepavali eye accidents at Hyderabad’s Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital

HYDERABAD

Over the past three days of Diwali celebrations, State government-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Hyderabad has handled 54 sufferers with eye accidents attributable to firecrackers. A lot of the accidents had been because of the high-decibel chilli bombsHospital Superintendent Modini Pandharpurkar mentioned that almost 80% of all instances had been linked to those particular firecrackers, which proceed to trigger probably the most severe ocular accidents throughout the competition.

“For the reason that final three days, we now have had a complete of 54 folks coming to the hospital with eye accidents. Out of those, 23 instances are of a severe nature the place imaginative and prescient has been affected. Of these 23, 4 have been admitted, and three are being taken up for surgical procedure. Two of them are in a severe situation and we can not say at this stage if their imaginative and prescient will get better. One of many two is a toddler and the opposite is an grownup,” Dr. Pandharpurkar mentioned

She added that the remaining 19 sufferers with vision-related problems had been handled on an outpatient foundation and have been requested to return for follow-up over the approaching week. “We are going to understand how they progress relying on the kind and extent of their damage,” she mentioned.

The superintendent identified that a lot of the injured had been from Hyderabad and surrounding districts, although extra sufferers might nonetheless arrive within the day. “We often get stragglers the day after and even two days later. Some folks burst crackers late into the night time, so we anticipate a couple of extra instances,” she mentioned.

Of the overall instances recorded to date, 39 had been adults and 15 had been youngsters. The age group of 18 to 45 years accounted for the utmost variety of accidents. “That’s the group that tends to be extra adventurous and experimental with bursting crackers,” Dr. Pandharpurkar noticed.

Based on her, the chilli bomb accounted for over 70% of all accidents. “The remaining had been as a consequence of sutli bombs, Lakshmi bombs,and double sound bombs. There have been one or two instances involving double sound crackers and simply two instances attributable to faulty flower pots. Apparently, not a single damage was attributable to rockets this time, which exhibits that folks might have taken correct security precautions for these. We hope subsequent 12 months they may take the identical precautions for bombs as nicely,” she mentioned.

Dr. Pandharpurkar defined that various kinds of eye accidents are being seen among the many sufferers, accidents to the eyelid, cornea, and retina. “Every affected person is directed to the OPD involved the place specialists for that a part of the attention can be found. We’ve a devoted ward the place such sufferers are admitted. She added that the hospital has separate beds for female and male sufferers in every ward, as they can’t be admitted collectively.

Dr. Pandharpurkar additionally mentioned the hospital’s medical staff was strengthened in anticipation of the competition rush. “Usually, we now have 4 medical doctors on obligation, however throughout this era we elevated it to 6. We even have specialists accessible on name for particular instances. Though it’s a competition, our staff ensures that somebody is all the time accessible for sufferers,” she mentioned.