US EditionSeveral Eye Injuries Caused by Fireworks
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Two 13-year-old boys were admitted to the Clinic for Eye Diseases after being injured by firecrackers during New Year's Eve. A total of 160 injured, of which 20 from pyrotechnic devices.
Tero Kivelä, chief physician at the Ophthalmology Clinic at Helsinki University Hospital, estimates that the decrease in injuries is due to the increased use of protective glasses.
The night-time ophthalmologist was watching over the patients, waiting, but no one came at night. The result was surprising, especially since there were reports of young people recklessly setting off fireworks on New Year's Eve.
Fireworks-related injuries typically occur during the New Year. The Helsinki University Hospital Ophthalmology Clinic announced on New Year's Day that the clinic has only been informed of one eye injury caused by fireworks. Fireworks-related accidents occur annually during the New Year, in which eye injuries are typical.
Fifteen people visited the emergency room at Landspítali yesterday and last night due to fireworks accidents, seven times more than at the beginning of last year. "The projects were partly fireworks accidents, about more than last year. We are talking about 15 in total that we have now, of which eight were related to the eyes," says Páll Óli Ólason, a doctor at the emergency room. "Last year there were two fireworks accidents and this is quite a…
Eye departments around the country received ten people with eye injuries from fireworks on New Year's Eve, two of them seriously injured. Now, a consultant is calling for a ban.
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