DOH reports 23 more injuries from firecrackers

There was still no reported incidence of fireworks ingestion and stray bullet injury. (Photo by André Hofmeister/Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday recorded another 23 injuries from firecrackers, with three amputations, bringing to 429 the total number of injuries since surveillance began on December 21.

“This is 437 (50 percent) cases lower than the five-year (2012-2016) average and 196 (31 percent) cases lower than the same time period last year,” the DOH said in its latest Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction 2017 Report.

The National Capital Region still topped the regions in terms of the number of injuries, with 231 cases, 110 of which were from the City of Manila.

Of the 429 injured, 340 were male; 235 were active users; 214 or half of the cases injured their hands; and 144 were handling the illegal firecracker Piccolo.

There was still no reported incidence of fireworks ingestion and stray bullet injury.

The report came from 49 sentinel hospitals across the country.