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Francisco Duque Health Department.
File photo of the INQUIRER / MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) noted Friday that there were 50 fireworks-related injuries in connection with New Year’s Eve revelries, but noted that this number was 85 percent lower compared to the year’s record. past.
At a news conference at the East Avenue Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that of the injuries, 49 were fireworks-related injuries and one was a stray bullet. This record was from December 21, 2020 to January 1, 2021.
The 50 injuries, Duque said, are 85 percent lower than the 2020 record of 340 injuries, and they are 89 percent lower than the five-year average from 2015 to 2019.
“67 percent of the injuries were blast injuries that did not require amputation,” Duque said. “About 33 percent are eye injuries, while two percent were blast injuries that required amputation.”
The National Capital Region has the highest number of fireworks-related incidents with 22, followed by Calabarzon with five cases, and Regions I, V and VI with four each, Duque said.
JPV
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