Mayor S K Nataraj, while interacting with patients at the Minto Eye Hospital on Monday said that the hospital authorities have been asked to forward the bills to the Palike. “The bills will be paid from the Palike’s relief fund,” he said.
The Mayor said the bill in one case totals to nearly Rs 1.5 lakh and the Palike had initially declared assistance of Rs 10,000. “Since the injured is from economically weaker section, we decided to increase the aid to Rs 75,000,” Nataraj said.
The incessant rain on Sunday did not deter people from bursting crackers. A six-year-old boy who burst a cracker at home suffered corneal tear. He was rushed to Samprathi Eye Hospital and Squint Centre, where he underwent surgery. Fortunately, he will not be losing the vision in the eye. The hospital received another critical case with serious burns. After the eye surgery, the 26-year-old patient was referred to another hospital.
Narayana Nethralaya treated at least seven eye injury cases on Sunday and Monday. Dr Bhujang Shetty said that out of the 43 cases that they got this Deepavali including three severe ones, none has lost the eye sight.
At Rangalakshmi Netralaya, two people came with eye injuries, taking the total number to 13. Three patients brought to the Minto Eye Hospital have lost eye sight. The hospital received seven patients on Monday with minor injuries.
‘Noise level went up during Diwali’
Noise level quality in various parts of the City during the just-concluded Deepavali celebrations significantly exceeded the prescribed national limits, according to a study conducted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board.
In an ambient noise level monitoring for short duration (5 to 11 pm) at different locations - Cubbonpet (commercial area), AECS Layout, Whitefield and Vijayanagar Club (residential localities), and Indiranagar ESI Hospital (sensitive area), the KSPCB found that the noise levels exceeded by 25-51 percent from national standards during Deepavali (November 5-7). Compared to the 2009 levels, however, they decreased by 12 percent at three places whereas they increased by 4.5 percent at the fourth location.
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