GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 Dec) — Calling it the most effective measure in curbing the rising cases of fireworks and firecracker-related injuries, health authorities in Region 12 (Southwestern Mindanao) have endorsed moves for a nationwide ban on firecrackers and pyrotechnics.
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In South Cotabato, eight of the recorded injuries in the area so far were caused by piccolo.
Last year, 27 of the 54 total firecracker and fireworks-related injuries recorded during the Christmas and New Year’s Eve revelries in the province were also caused by piccolo.
The DOH-12 earlier launched the “Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction” or APIR to highlight its campaign against the use of firecrackers and fireworks.
The campaign reiterates the DoH’s Oplan Iwas Paputok that was started in 1994 to monitor the use of firecrackers, particularly from December 21 to January 4, as well as to minimize the morbidity and mortality from firecracker and firework injuries.
(Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews)
