CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Three fireworks-related injuries were recorded in Region 4-A as of 6 a.m. on Tuesday, December 26. The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) said it is higher by one case or 67 percent...
(Photo from Pixabay) The Department of Health (DOH) reported five amputation cases caused by fireworks injuries between Dec. 25 and 26, bringing the total number of fireworks-related injuries this holiday season to 52. “The five amputations resulted in lost or mangled fingers and hands,” the...
(Photo from Pixabay) Christmas celebrations resulted in 16 new cases of fireworks-related injuries in the country, bringing the total number of cases this holiday season to 28, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Dec. 25. The injured individuals ranged in age from six to 35, based on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 24 renewed his call for a ban on the sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices ahead of New Year festivities. Gatchalian said that while there has been a significant decrease in the number of fireworks-related...
The Department of Health (DOH) issued a strong appeal to parents on Saturday, Dec. 23, urging them to take measures to prevent their children from using firecrackers during the upcoming festivities. Photo from DOH Based on the second report from the Fireworks-Related Injury Surveillance (FWRI)...
PANGASINAN -- A total of 76 cases of fireworks-related injuries were recorded in the province from Dec. 21, 2022 to Jan. 5, 2023, the Provincial Health Office reported. The number was not that alarming, although the total surpassed the 39 cases recorded in the same period last year. The PHO report...
DOH The number of fireworks-related injuries (FWRIs) has already increased to 307, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The figure includes the 16 new cases that were recorded. The total tally is "62 percent higher compared to 2021 (189 cases) but three percent lower compared to the five-year...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health logged a total of eight firecracker-related injuries in Eastern Visayas at the end of their monitoring for the holiday season on Friday, Jan. 6. No fatality was recorded but the number of cases was 60 percent higher compared to 2021 with only five....
DOH Fourteen more fireworks-related injuries were recorded, raising the total tally to 291, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, Jan. 5. "These were 55 percent higher compared to 2021 (186 cases) but eight percent lower compared to the five-year average (313 cases) during the same time...
DOH The total number of fireworks-related injuries during the recent holiday season increased to 277 after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 15 more cases. The total figure was 49 percent higher than the number of cases recorded during the same period in 2021 with only 186 cases, based on the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police logged nine firecracker-related injuries during the New Year’s revelry in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula. ILLEGAL firecrackers seized in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) The Police Regional Office-9 said one was reported in Zamboanga del Norte, three in...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that the number of fireworks injuries increased to 261, while one was wounded due to a stray bullet. Fifty-one new cases of fireworks-related injuries were reported by sentinel hospitals, the DOH said in its latest report on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The total figure...
