<div>Bengaluru received less rainfall on Thursday, prompting people to come out and burst firecrackers as part of Deepavali celebrations. But there were side effects, too: more cases of eye injury were reported at hospitals. <br /><br />Most of those who reported eye injuries were children who happened to be bystanders, according to doctors. The number of eye injury cases at the state-run Minto Opthalmic Hospital shot up to 23 on Thursday but most patients didn’t require hospitalisation, the hospital’s director, Dr T K Ramesh, said. “At least 12 of those injured were under ten. Five were aged between 10 and 20.” <br /><br />Three children were severly injured and required hospitalisation. One of them had to undergo surgery. <br /><br />The eight-year-old resident of Srinagar locality was injured when a rocket lit elsewhere hit his eye while he was with his family. His right eye has been severely injured. <br /><br />Another child, a nine-year-old from Kolar, was also rushed to hospital. He, too, was an onlooker. The third boy to be severely injured is a 14-year-old from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. He is being operated upon. The hospital had received just six cases on Wednesday. <br /><br />Sankara Eye Hospital reported 16 cases. One of the patients, a four-year-old girl child, is severely injured and has a bleeding retina. She injured her eye when she stepped out of her house while crackers were being burst. <br /><br />A 53-year-old man has injured his eye to the extent that it may lead to a partial defect in vision. He is being treated at Samprathi Eye Hospital. “He was a bystander. A rocket that was wrongly placed hit his spectacles, pierced through and damaged his eyeball,” said Dr Arun Samprathi who is treating him. The hospital saw two cases on Thursday. <br /></div>
<div>Bengaluru received less rainfall on Thursday, prompting people to come out and burst firecrackers as part of Deepavali celebrations. But there were side effects, too: more cases of eye injury were reported at hospitals. <br /><br />Most of those who reported eye injuries were children who happened to be bystanders, according to doctors. The number of eye injury cases at the state-run Minto Opthalmic Hospital shot up to 23 on Thursday but most patients didn’t require hospitalisation, the hospital’s director, Dr T K Ramesh, said. “At least 12 of those injured were under ten. Five were aged between 10 and 20.” <br /><br />Three children were severly injured and required hospitalisation. One of them had to undergo surgery. <br /><br />The eight-year-old resident of Srinagar locality was injured when a rocket lit elsewhere hit his eye while he was with his family. His right eye has been severely injured. <br /><br />Another child, a nine-year-old from Kolar, was also rushed to hospital. He, too, was an onlooker. The third boy to be severely injured is a 14-year-old from Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. He is being operated upon. The hospital had received just six cases on Wednesday. <br /><br />Sankara Eye Hospital reported 16 cases. One of the patients, a four-year-old girl child, is severely injured and has a bleeding retina. She injured her eye when she stepped out of her house while crackers were being burst. <br /><br />A 53-year-old man has injured his eye to the extent that it may lead to a partial defect in vision. He is being treated at Samprathi Eye Hospital. “He was a bystander. A rocket that was wrongly placed hit his spectacles, pierced through and damaged his eyeball,” said Dr Arun Samprathi who is treating him. The hospital saw two cases on Thursday. <br /></div>
