Medical personnel attend to a patient injured by fireworks at the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

Medical personnel attend to a patient injured by fireworks at the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

NEW YEAR 2024

Rowegie Abanto

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173519181210620240101-new-year-qc-fireworks-injuries-MT1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Medical personnel attend to a patient injured by fireworks at the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Health on Thursday recorded 26 new firecracker-related injuries across the country, pushing the total to 69.</p><p>The DOH on December 22 began tallying firecracker-related injuries this year.</p><p>The agency said of the total injuries so far, 58 were aged 19 and below, while the remainder were aged 20 and above.</p><p>It pointed out that children and minors were still the majority of users and victims of firecrackers.</p><p>The health agency also noted that 86 percent of the victims used illegal firecrackers such as &quot;boga&quot; or a PVC cannon. The majority or 74 percent of them were actively using a firecracker, it added.</p><p>Sixty-five cases of firecracker injuries were males while four were females, it said.</p><p>DOH cautioned that using firecrackers could lead to amputation of body parts, blindness, hearing loss, poisoning, burns, permanent lung damage, and even death from severe injuries.</p><p>It urged adults to supervise children and prohibit them from using fireworks, especially boga, 5-Star, and piccolo, which the DOH said were the leading causes of fireworks-related accidents.</p><p>The number of firecracker-related injuries has historically risen during the days immediately before and on New Year&#x27;s Eve.</p><p>Last year, the government recorded <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/01/01/24/firecracker-related-injuries-climb-to-at-least-500-after-new-year-festivities">hundreds of firecracker-related injuries</a> following New Year celebrations.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-a3Ujaa1uUs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The Department of Health on Thursday recorded 26 new firecracker-related injuries across the country, pushing the total to 69.</p>

The Department of Health on Thursday recorded 26 new firecracker-related injuries across the country, pushing the total to 69.

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Firecracker-related injuries rise to 69: DOH

Firecracker-related injuries rise to 69: DOH

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published Dec 26, 2024 02:02 PM PHT

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