Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque IIIshowing surgical instruments used in amputation
to scare the public on using firecrackers/fireworks.
to scare the public on using firecrackers/fireworks.
Fireworks injuries dropped considerably during New Year's revelry in the Philippines after rainy weather and renewed government scare campaign in media, and the vigorous public appeal of Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III not to use firecrackers/fireworks to the point of showing surgical saw and pliers used in amputations on victims.
In a press conference, Duque said that as of that as of 8 a.m. of Januay 1, 2009, a total of 346 injuries related to fireworks and stray bullet wounds were reported from the 50 sentinel hospitals nationwide.
The figure is 88 cases or 25 percent lower than the cases reported in 2007 and is 417 cases or 55 percent lower than the four-year average, Duque said.
Of the number of casualties, 335 were firecracker blasts and eye injuries, nine were wounds from stray bullets and two were from ingestion of watusi firecrackers. No deaths were reported, Duque said.
Duque said all hospitals will remain under Code White alert, which means increased hospital manpower and adequate medical supply, until January 5.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DOH) is also calling on the public who sustained fireworks-related cuts or wounds, no matter how small these injuries may be, to submit themselves to anti-tetanus injections in hospitals or clinics. In the 2007 New Year revelries, the DOH recorded four cases of fireworks-related tetanus cases of which two cases died.
In a press conference, Duque said that as of that as of 8 a.m. of Januay 1, 2009, a total of 346 injuries related to fireworks and stray bullet wounds were reported from the 50 sentinel hospitals nationwide.
The figure is 88 cases or 25 percent lower than the cases reported in 2007 and is 417 cases or 55 percent lower than the four-year average, Duque said.
Of the number of casualties, 335 were firecracker blasts and eye injuries, nine were wounds from stray bullets and two were from ingestion of watusi firecrackers. No deaths were reported, Duque said.
Duque said all hospitals will remain under Code White alert, which means increased hospital manpower and adequate medical supply, until January 5.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DOH) is also calling on the public who sustained fireworks-related cuts or wounds, no matter how small these injuries may be, to submit themselves to anti-tetanus injections in hospitals or clinics. In the 2007 New Year revelries, the DOH recorded four cases of fireworks-related tetanus cases of which two cases died.
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