Seven more cases of fireworks-related injuries were recorded in the country over the past 24 hours which brought the caseload 39% higher than last year, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.
Based on the agency’s recent fireworks-related injury surveillance report, the cumulative number of fireworks-related injuries from December 21 to December 28 now stood at 32. This was an increase from the 23 cases reported during the same period in 2021.
Of these 32 cases, seven were logged in the Western Visayas, while four each came from the Bicol Region and Soccsksargen. Central Visayas and the National Capital Region recorded three cases each, while Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Mimaropa, and Davao Region had two each.Sixteen of these cases sustained injuries on the eye, 12 on the hand, four on the forearm or arm, one on the head, one on the neck, one on the chest, one on the back, and another one on the foot.
The DOH said 22 victims got the fireworks-related injuries at home, while 10 got the injuries on the street.The top fireworks involved were boga, whistle bomb, 5-star, kwitis, and camara. There were still no reports of firework ingestions, and stray bullet injuries so far, according to the Health department.government hospitals across the country are on code white alertA Code white alert means that emergency services are on standby 24/7, and doctors and nurses are on call for duty.
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