Diwali cracker injuries at Hyderabad’s Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital reached 109 cases over two days of celebrations, according to figures reported by Deccan Chronicle, with children making up 47 of the cases and adults accounting for 48. The report says the hospital recorded a heavy rush from the day of Diwali, including patients referred from districts across Telangana.
The injuries were linked mainly to rockets and “subtle bombs”, according to the report. They affected the eyeballs and eyelids, and some patients were said to face the risk of vision loss. The cases place the city’s specialised public eye-care facility at the centre of the seasonal emergency response, particularly for injuries requiring immediate assessment and treatment.
The report said 95 outpatients and 16 admissions had been registered by 9 am on Tuesday. It then said that another 14 cases were reported during the day, taking the total to 109. However, the supplied figures are internally inconsistent: 95 outpatients and 16 admissions add up to 111, while the reported total remains 109. The report does not clarify whether the categories overlap, whether some figures were revised, or how the 14 additional cases relate to the earlier count.
The age breakdown also accounts for 95 patients—47 children and 48 adults—leaving 14 cases unclassified in the supplied report. The hospital’s reported caseload therefore requires confirmation before the numbers can be treated as a final consolidated tally.
The pattern described in the report highlights the operational burden placed on specialised public hospitals during festival periods. Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital received not only Hyderabad patients but also people referred from districts, indicating that serious firecracker-related eye injuries can draw on a wider regional treatment network rather than remaining confined to the city where the incidents occur.
The report did not provide details on the patients’ treatment outcomes, the number of surgeries performed, the locations where the injuries occurred, or whether any enforcement action followed. It also did not state whether the hospital issued a separate bulletin or whether the figures represented a final count after the celebrations.
Confirmation from Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital or the relevant Telangana health authorities is needed to reconcile the total, outpatient and admission figures, and to establish the final number of patients at risk of vision loss. Until then, the reported figure of 109 should be treated as a source-attributed provisional count.
