Over 30 persons receive burns

Ludhiana: More than 30 persons received burns, at least three of them seriously, mostly due to crackers while celebrating Diwali in Ludhiana on Thursday night.
A CMCH official said, “Of the 12 patients with burns who came to the hospital, six had eye injuries. Nine persons had minor injuries and three had serious.”
Dr Rajinder Mittal, head of department of plastic surgery and burns unit at DMCH, said, “Of the eight burn injury cases we got on Diwali, five had injuries on hand and three on face, including one with eye injury. All were discharged after treatment.”
Dr Baldeep Singh of a hospital in Model Town said, “We received seven patients with minor-to-moderate burns on Diwali.”