Soccsksargen's health office records 6 firecracker-related injuries on Dec. 25
KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 26 (PNA) -- Six persons were injured by firecrackers in the Soccsksargen region as they welcomed Christmas Day, health officials said Monday.
Jenny Ventura, focal person of the regional health office's campaign against firecrackers in an effort to prevent firecracker-related injury, said the monitoring for the region began last December 20.
As of Dec. 25, Ventura said, the Online National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (ONEISS), reported six cases of firecracker-related injuries in the provinces of North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and the cities of Cotabato, Kidapawan, Tacurong, Koronadal and Gen. Santos.
Ventura said the figure is 68 percent lower compared to the same period last year.
Of the victims, five were male and one was female, and their ages ranged from 5 years to 56 years. She added that five of them were classified as "active users" of firecrackers and one was a bystander.
Four of them were victims of the banned 'piccolo', while one was hit by a 'kwitis' and one by an unidentified firecracker.
Ventura said all of them were sent home after receiving medical treatment from various hospitals in the region.
She also appealed to parents to remind their children not to play with firecrackers to save them from deadly injuries.
In last year's monitoring by the health department, Ventura said the regional health office recorded 64 firecracker-related injuries. (PNA)
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