81 injured in fireworks accidents in Georgia over New Year’s
35 people have been taken to hospitals in Tbilisi, while the number of hospitalised people was 16 in the regions of Georgia. Photo: imedinews.ge.
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Eighty-one people have been injured as a result of fireworks accidents on December 31-January 1 in Georgia, says the Ministry of Health.
The ministry says that 48 people were injured in Tbilisi and the rest were injured in the regions of Georgia.
Thirty-five people have been taken to hospitals in Tbilisi, while the number of hospitalised people was 16 in the regions of Georgia.
Georgia’s Emergency Service 112 has received 124 emergency calls in total related to incidents involving fireworks.
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.
Eight children have been taken to M. Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital as a result of fireworks accidents on New Year’s eve.
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 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.