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Over 300 persons landed in different hospitals on Makar Sankranti due to kite-related injuries.
While colourful kites dotted Jaipur’s sky on Makar Sankranti, doctors of city-based hospitals remained busy with treating patients pouring in with injuries due to kite strings and fall from the rooftop. In the city, over 300 persons including children suffered kite-related injuries.
Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital’s Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (ITO) received 227 patients, who were brought to the hospital due to kite related injuries.
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According to SMS Hospital officials, there were 45 persons who suffered serious injuries and were admitted to the hospital. However, there were 41 such patients who sustained injuries from string of kites (manjha).
From stitching wounds caused by kite string to conducting CT scans of brain and X-rays of bones, it was a busy day for neurosurgeons, orthopedic and general surgeons at ITO.
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Among the injured rushed to ITO was a 4-year-old boy, who fell from the rooftop while chasing a snapped kite. “The incident happened around 9am when the boy Lakshya fell from the rooftop. He suffered head injuries. The doctors conducted CT scan,” said Kaluram, uncle of Lakshya.
One 12-year-old Masoom, a resident of sector 35 of Pratap Nagar met with an accident while chasing snapped kites on the road. He was hit by a vehicle. “He has broken his leg. He will be in plaster for more than 20 days,” said Aftab Alam, the injured boy’s brother.
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Bikers looked vulnerable for injuries due to kite string. Examples of humanity were also seen on city roads during the kite flying festival. “I was going home in Bagru.
But when I reached Kamla Nagar Pulia, I saw a speeding biker ahead of my bike injured due to snapped kite manjha.
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The person lost balance of the bike and he fell on the road. I rushed to him and found his coat, shirt and the flesh on his shoulder cut. He was bleeding profusely. I called for an ambulance and helped him getting the treatment,” said Ravi Raj, resident of Bagru, who works in Jaipur.
A businessman of Malviya Nagar, Mahesh Kumar said, “While I was passing through Gandhi Circle, I saw a person having a deep cut on his nose, who was bleeding. He was a biker. I rushed him to the hospital for treatment.”
