Safdarjung, Ram Manohar Lohia, Guru Teg Bahadur, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, and Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Hospitals have geared up to deal with cases related to burn injuries and firecracker accidents. Hospital to facilitate speedy treatment for patients with burns.While preparing to deal any incidents caused due to firecrackers on Diwali, doctors at leading government hospitals in the city cautioned public about their use.K.Arrangements like dressing materials, bandages and other essentials to treat burn cases have put into place at Lok Nayak Hospital and G. Tiwari.L."Despite educating them, many people, especially children and youth, often try to burn crackers in their hands, resulting in mishaps. "A special roster of doctors, including ophthalmologists and paramedics, has plastic bowl Manufacturers been prepared for the day," said hospitals consultant burns and plastic surgeon, Dr Dhananjay Kumar. "Small crackers cause common injuries such as mild burns in the eyelashes or eyelids. Hospital.B. "We have this provision of setting up direct casualty in this department on the festival day so that the patients with burn injuries can come here directly to get first aid. Usually patients start coming from 5 pm and they continue till 4 am," said head of the hospital’s burns and plastic surgery department, Dr V. According to him, the burns ward last year had witnessed around 300 cases of burns on Diwali, of which around 50 per cent were children.M. Hospital’s head of ophthalmology, Dr Praveen Malik, as he urged people to take precautionary measures while bursting crackers.T. While preparing to deal any incidents caused due to firecrackers on Diwali, doctors at leading government hospitals in the city cautioned public about their use.L. But heavy crackers such as rockets can cause serious damage to the cornea, including injury to the optic nerve, leading to permanent loss of vision," he said, adding in case of any injury, one should consult a doctor without wasting time on judging its intensity India, Delhi, New Delhi.People generally suffer hand and face injuries on Diwali, according to Safdarjung Hospital’s head of the burns and plastic surgery department, Dr Karoon Agrawal, who also made an appeal to all Delhiites to take necessary precautions while using firecrackers. The hospital’s disaster ward has also been prepared to handle any mass emergency. He advised that buckets of water should be kept handy in case of an injury.M. Children should be supervised while burning crackers and one should not light crackers near people. Also, attempts to relight crackers often lead to accidents," added Dr Agrawal.Arrangements have been made at R.Eye injuries are also common during Diwali, according to R

Posted by: officef at 02:37 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 436 words, total size 3 kb.