Seven Hundred People Arrived at Emergency Rooms after Firework Injuries

On 31 December and 1 January, a total of seven hundred victims of firework injuries arrived at emergency wards of Dutch hospitals. Twenty-eight percent had injuries on their fingers, 23% had eye injuries, 23% had facial injuries and 10% had hand injuries. All in all, 70 people had to be seen by surgeons, of which most will have to undergo surgery. Surgeons have already amputated 8 hands in total and 3 partial hands, all resulting from illegal fireworks. http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/3571984/2014/01/04/Meer-slachtoffers-vuurwerk-onder-het-mes.dhtml