1. New Year’s Day, it is clear that 13 people were injured after year celebration with fireworks. Four of the 13 are seriously injured.
– The nine others have eye injuries that are moderately severe. None of the injured report having used goggles, said Dr. Nils Bull at ophthalmology department at Haukeland University to BA.
Three of the injured are from Bergen, said Bull.
He says none of the three want to talk to the media about his injuries.
All the injured are men, most between 18 and 40 years. One of the injured is a boy of 17 years, but none of the injured are young children.
One of the injured is a 18 year old man from Bergen. He should have been hit by a firework battery, and was sent to Haukeland hospital in an ambulance just after midnight.
According Helse Bergen is he seriously injured.
According Bull happened all four serious eye damage after using battery power.
Superior is satisfied that there are no children and women among the injured.
On average, the injured a man for 31 years. None of them have used protection.
– Goggles located at when buying fireworks. How difficult is it to use them? For me it is completely incomprehensible not these are applied, says Bull.
WANT PROHIBITION
There are not blood of the injured. Therefore, he can not with certainty whether or how much the person is intoxicated.
– But not everyone is affected by alcohol, says Bull.
Most preferably, he will have a ban on private use of fireworks. If it does not, will have a provision that says that it is not allowed to use alcohol while refueling fireworks.
Ten years ago there were 28 who were injured by fireworks in the country.
Bull is pleased downturn, but have no faith in that figure will end at zero.
– For there are too many young men who will not wear goggles, says superior.
NOT SAFE
He thinks it is fine with public fireworks.
– When other fireworks lit up, I hold me inside. I do not feel safe there, says Bull to BA.
A serious eye injury is expected to provide significant decrease. Moderately severe eye injury is a powerful acute injury, but not expected to provide significant decrease.
Box eye injuries are treated in emergency wards and are not on the list.
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