<p>Bengaluru: Doctors, particularly ophthalmologists, surgeons, and burns specialists, are on high alert this festive season to attend to patients with firecracker-related injuries in Bengaluru. </p>.<p>At least nine cases have been reported in eye hospitals in the city, as of Sunday night. </p>.<p>By 4 pm on Sunday, Sankara Eye Hospital saw two cases of firecracker-related eye injuries. Both cases were non-grievous injuries to the victims’ left corneas (transparent outer layer of the eye). </p>.<p>A six-year-old boy sustained minor injuries to his eye while independently lighting a firecracker without adult supervision, while a seven-year-old boy was a bystander during a firecracker bursting incident and had some sparks hurt his eye. </p>.<p>At Narayana Nethralaya, seven cases of eye injuries were reported between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm. </p>.<p>Dr Pooja Khamar, consultant in cataract and refractive services at the hospital, said that of the seven, two people were adults while the rest were aged between 8 and 18 years. </p>.<p>“Four of them suffered mild injuries due to firecracker particles and smoke going into their eyes. Two of them suffered closed globe injuries- blunt force injury, no tearing or extensive injury. They are likely to recover complete vision,” she said. </p>.<p>One patient, aged 15, has suffered a tear in the eye, which would require surgical intervention and possibly a few more visits to the hospital, she said.</p>.<p>“He will recover his vision after surgery but it will not be the way it was before the injury,” she added. </p>.<p>Dr Sriranjani Iyer, a plastic surgery resident at Victoria Hospital, explained that most cases would come to the hospital overnight, between 10 pm and 4 am. “People burst crackers late at night and many people travel from towns and villages so it’s likely they’ll reach here around 6 am on Monday,” she said. </p>.<p>As of 10 pm, no firecracker-related injuries were reported at Victoria Hospital, Bowring Hospital, and Minto Eye Hospital. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: Doctors, particularly ophthalmologists, surgeons, and burns specialists, are on high alert this festive season to attend to patients with firecracker-related injuries in Bengaluru. </p>.<p>At least nine cases have been reported in eye hospitals in the city, as of Sunday night. </p>.<p>By 4 pm on Sunday, Sankara Eye Hospital saw two cases of firecracker-related eye injuries. Both cases were non-grievous injuries to the victims’ left corneas (transparent outer layer of the eye). </p>.<p>A six-year-old boy sustained minor injuries to his eye while independently lighting a firecracker without adult supervision, while a seven-year-old boy was a bystander during a firecracker bursting incident and had some sparks hurt his eye. </p>.<p>At Narayana Nethralaya, seven cases of eye injuries were reported between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm. </p>.<p>Dr Pooja Khamar, consultant in cataract and refractive services at the hospital, said that of the seven, two people were adults while the rest were aged between 8 and 18 years. </p>.<p>“Four of them suffered mild injuries due to firecracker particles and smoke going into their eyes. Two of them suffered closed globe injuries- blunt force injury, no tearing or extensive injury. They are likely to recover complete vision,” she said. </p>.<p>One patient, aged 15, has suffered a tear in the eye, which would require surgical intervention and possibly a few more visits to the hospital, she said.</p>.<p>“He will recover his vision after surgery but it will not be the way it was before the injury,” she added. </p>.<p>Dr Sriranjani Iyer, a plastic surgery resident at Victoria Hospital, explained that most cases would come to the hospital overnight, between 10 pm and 4 am. “People burst crackers late at night and many people travel from towns and villages so it’s likely they’ll reach here around 6 am on Monday,” she said. </p>.<p>As of 10 pm, no firecracker-related injuries were reported at Victoria Hospital, Bowring Hospital, and Minto Eye Hospital. </p>