BACOLOD CITY – This city logged the first firecracker-related injury this year on Christmas Eve. The victim was an 11-year-old boy here based on the record of the City Health Office (CHO). Dr. Grace Tan, head of the Environment Sanitation Division of the CHO, said the victim is a...
CEBU CITY – Nineteen firecracker-related injuries have been recorded in Region 7 from December 21 to 28, the Department of Health in Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-7) reported. The DOH-7 said Cebu province has the highest number of cases with eight followed by Cebu City with...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH)-Bicol and the Police Regional Office 5 (PRO-5) urged barangay officials in the region on Wednesday, December 27, to actively enforce the government's "Iwas Paputok" campaign this New Year celebration. During the press...
The total number of fireworks-related injuries climbed to 88, after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 13 new cases on Thursday, Dec. 28. Photo from DOH Based on the DOH's Fireworks-Related Injuries (FWRI) report, from 6 a.m. on Dec. 27 to 5:59 a.m. on Dec. 28, the new cases involved...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Dec. 27 confirmed 23 new cases of fireworks-related injuries, bringing the total number of cases to 75 this holiday season. Photo from DOH The victims were aged between six and 55 and were mostly males. Forty percent of the cases were in Metro Manila (30...
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...
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...
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...
The latest tally of firecracker-related injuries has climbed to 211 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 74 additional cases on Sunday, Jan. 1. (MICHAEL VARCAS / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory released on Monday, Jan. 2, DOH stressed that the injuries were reported from 61 DOH sentinel...
