Head of Iashvili Children Hospital: ‘Five of six children injured in fireworks accidents needed surgery’
The Emergency Management Service of Georgia reported on January 2 that a total of 27 individuals were injured in fireworks accidents on New Year’s Eve in the country. Photo: M. Iashvili Children Hospital/Facebook.
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Five out of six children injured in fireworks accidents on New Year’s Eve needed surgery, Medical Director of Iashvili Children Hospital Ivane Chkhaidze said earlier today.
Four out of the five injured children remain in Iashvili Children Hospital.
Chkhaidze noted that the number of children injured by fireworks does not decrease from year to year in Georgia.
The irresponsible attitude of parents towards children’s health is completely inexplicable… Unfortunately there are many cases when children lose a part of their hand. Such incidents leave minors with a scar for a lifetime”, Chkhaidze said.
The Emergency Management Service of Georgia reported on January 2 that a total of 27 individuals were injured in fireworks accidents on New Year’s Eve in the country.
A total of 27 individuals were injured in fireworks accidents on New Year’s Eve, reports the Emergency Management Service (ES) of Georgia.
Eighty-one people have been injured as a result of fireworks accidents on December 31-January 1 in Georgia, says the Ministry of Health.
Eight children have been taken to M. Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital as a result of fireworks accidents on New Year’s eve.
Twenty-five individuals have been injured from fireworks-related incidents throughout the country, Guga Kashibadze, the Head of the Burns Centre at the Khechinashvili University Hospital in Tbilisi, told Rustavi 2 TV channel on Friday.
The Georgian-based Society for Nature Conservation on Friday asked the Parliament and the country’s Ministry of Environmental Protection to restrict use of fireworks during holiday season celebrations to prevent their negative impact on both humans and the environment.
Tbilisi Zoo Director Zurab Gurielidze has called for an end to the use of fireworks during the New Year’s Eve celebrations, pointing to distress caused in animals by detonations of pyrotechnics annually during holiday seasons.
Thirty-nine people, including nine children, were injured in fireworks accidents across Georgia during New Year’s Eve festivities in the country, the Emergency Management Service said on Monday.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee of the Parliament, on Friday urged the public to avoid using pyrotechnics during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Ivane Chkhaidze, the Medical Director of the Tbilisi-based Iashvili Children’s Hospital, on Wednesday said the 2024 New Year’s Eve was the first for the clinic without patients admitted with injuries from pyrotechnics used in festive season celebrations.