8 children injured as a result of fireworks accidents on New Year’s eve
All the minors had limb injuries, seven among them continue treatment at the clinic. Photo: M. Iashvili children's central hospital.
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Eight children have been taken to M. Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital as a result of fireworks accidents on New Year’s eve, reports the hospital's press office.
One child has already been discharged from the hospital and seven have undergone surgery. Among them, one of the minors fingers were amputated, reported the hospital’s press office today.
All the children had limb injuries, seven among them continue treatment at the clinic.
A Santa Claus and other fairytale characters travelling through Georgia for New Year met with children at the Abkhazia occupation line earlier today and wished them peace and unity. The fairytale character is visiting Georgian villages in the framework of a joint project between Finland and Georgia.
The State Security Service officials have visited the families of fallen officers in Tbilisi and in the regions, wishing them a happy New Year.
Georgian top officials, the prime minister, the president and parliament speaker have sent kind wishes on a New Year holiday. “I wish you a Happy New Year 2020! I wish happiness and success to all of you and to our homeland. We welcome the New Year with hope and anticipation of beneficial change. May all our wishes-those of all our citizens, the younger and the elder alike-come true,” Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia said.
A two-week programme of concerts, theatre shows, film screenings and workshops for young visitors is running at two locations in the Georgian capital to bring festive spirit to locals and visitors.
Georgia’s main New Year three was lit up today on First Republic Square in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze invited everyone to join in the New Year celebrations.
Eighty-one people have been injured as a result of fireworks accidents on December 31-January 1 in Georgia, says the Ministry of Health.
A total of 27 individuals were injured in fireworks accidents on New Year’s Eve, reports the Emergency Management Service (ES) of Georgia.
Five out of six children injured in fireworks accidents on New Year’s Eve needed surgery, Medical Director of Iashvili Children Hospital Ivane Chkhaidze said earlier today.
Twenty-five individuals have been injured from fireworks-related incidents throughout the country, Guga Kashibadze, the Head of the Burns Centre at the Khechinashvili University Hospital in Tbilisi, told Rustavi 2 TV channel on Friday.
The Georgian-based Society for Nature Conservation on Friday asked the Parliament and the country’s Ministry of Environmental Protection to restrict use of fireworks during holiday season celebrations to prevent their negative impact on both humans and the environment.