PGIMER in Chandigarh treated 27 patients for firecracker-related eye injuries on Diwali, including nine children. Twenty patients were bystanders, while 15 required surgery. The hospital urged people to maintain safe distances and seek immediate medical attention after injuries
The youngest child reported till date to have undergone endoscopic surgery through the nose for removal of such a tumour was two years old, operated on in 2019 in Stanford in the US, said a hospital press release.