Festival of lights turns to shadows: 150 lose vision, warn doctors

Bhopal: So far, 300 people in Madhya Pradesh have suffered eye injuries from homemade carbide guns used as an alternative to firecrackers during Diwali. According to ophthalmologists, approximately 50% of the patients have lost their vision.

Attempts are being made to save their eyes through procedures such as amniotic membrane implants and tissue grafting. Cornea transplants are the last resort, but obtaining the corneas needed for such a large number of transplants is difficult.

In Bhopal, 162 such patients have been admitted to various hospitals. Children aged 7 to 14 have been affected in similar incidents in several other places, including Gwalior, Indore, and Vidisha.

After the large number of casualties, the adm

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