Children make up nearly half of Deepavali eye-injury cases at Hyderabad hospital

HYDERABAD Nine-year-old Mokshit was waiting at the Burns Ward of the government-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Hyderabad, hoping to know whether he would require surgery after a firecracker exploded and a fragment struck his eye. The boy, who was brought from Bhadrachalam, was among the 10 patients admitted to the hospital following firecracker-related eye injuries during Deepavali celebrations.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/deepavali-minus-the-family-reunion-meet-the-young-indians-creating-new-traditions/article71669299.ece “My son was bursting a firecracker when suddenly a part of it flew off and hit his eye. We took him to a local hospital in Bhadrachalam, where the doctors said he might require surgery and advised us to take him to Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital.

We travelled all the way here and are now waiting for the doctors to examine him and decide on the further course of treatment,” said his mother, Lakshmi, who accompanied him along with her husband. One child dead, 269 treated for burn injuries in T.N.