This 12 months's Diwali celebrations grew to become out to be tragic for 18-year-old Swapna M, a student of Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, when a rocket fired by way of her college mates, by accident landed on her right eye. The coincidence has left her partly blind, rues her father M Shanker. "My daughter was on her way from her hostel to attend the Diwali festivities organised at the college ground on Thursday evening. Suddenly, a rocket fired by some students hit her directly on her right eye from a distance of just 10ft-15ft. Hearing her loud screams, her friends ran towards her and took her to a private hospital in Ibrahimpatnam with the help of the college management. After nearly two hours, she was admitted to Sarojini Devi Eye hospital for better treatment. But the college authorities informed us about the incident only at 10: 30 pm. 90 per cent of the vision in her right eye has been lost, say doctors," he says, blaming the varsity officials for the mishap. "They should have taken enough precautions while conducting such gala events on campus," he says.
Recalling the evening of horror, Sapna's classmate Saikiran, who was once probably the most 500-odd scholars on the Diwali celebrations, says, "Blood was oozing down from her right eye, and she was crying uncontrollably, unable to bear the pain. She was rushed to the private hospital where she was given first aid before bringing her here for expert care."
After having gone through a surgical procedure on Thursday evening, Swapna is recently underneath remark, says Dr Ravinder Goud, in-charge superintendent of the medical institution.
"Her right eye has been damaged with serious injuries to cornea and vitreous. The retina was also damaged to some extent. It will take at least 2-3 months to decide if we can go for eye transplant to restore her vision. We have done a surgery on her eye and succeeded in arresting the bleeding and repairing the wound."
Dr Ravinder added that out of 12 such coincidence instances he got here throughout this Diwali, seven involved youngsters who had been celebrating at house. "It's appalling that parents are not taking proper care of kids. It's high time we stop the use of rockets and crackers and make Diwali safer," he adds.
When contacted college vice-principal GS Kohli mentioned, "The management understands the anguish of the student's parents and are looking at the incident seriously. A disciplinary committee will look into the incident to ascertain why it happened," mentioned Kohli, including that the officials have rushed the coed right away to the medical institution.
Recalling the evening of horror, Sapna's classmate Saikiran, who was once probably the most 500-odd scholars on the Diwali celebrations, says, "Blood was oozing down from her right eye, and she was crying uncontrollably, unable to bear the pain. She was rushed to the private hospital where she was given first aid before bringing her here for expert care."
After having gone through a surgical procedure on Thursday evening, Swapna is recently underneath remark, says Dr Ravinder Goud, in-charge superintendent of the medical institution.
"Her right eye has been damaged with serious injuries to cornea and vitreous. The retina was also damaged to some extent. It will take at least 2-3 months to decide if we can go for eye transplant to restore her vision. We have done a surgery on her eye and succeeded in arresting the bleeding and repairing the wound."
Dr Ravinder added that out of 12 such coincidence instances he got here throughout this Diwali, seven involved youngsters who had been celebrating at house. "It's appalling that parents are not taking proper care of kids. It's high time we stop the use of rockets and crackers and make Diwali safer," he adds.
When contacted college vice-principal GS Kohli mentioned, "The management understands the anguish of the student's parents and are looking at the incident seriously. A disciplinary committee will look into the incident to ascertain why it happened," mentioned Kohli, including that the officials have rushed the coed right away to the medical institution.
Diwali celebrations go awry for BTech student as rocket lands on her right eye
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October 21, 2017
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