Seven brought dead to Lucknow hospitals on Holi

Seven people declared dead, 1000 injured on Holi in city hospitals. Last year saw 2000 emergency cases. Better policing may have reduced injuries this year.

Seven people were declared brought dead while about a thousand other severely injured patients were treated at hospitals in the city on the day of Holi, said health officials on Tuesday. Last year, about 2,000 emergency cases were reported during the festival.

In all, six people were brought dead to KGMU on March 25, said Prof Sandip Tiwari, the chief medical superintendent of King George’s Medical University Trauma Centre. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

“In all, six people were brought dead to KGMU on March 25. Four other cases were of poisoning, two burn injuries and one patient was brought due to a gunshot injury. All these instances can’t be linked to Holi. This year, the number of injured was less as compared to last year, perhaps due to better policing,” said Prof Sandip Tiwari, the chief medical superintendent of King George’s Medical University Trauma Centre.

At Lok Bandhu hospital, 422 people, including 59 hurt in road accidents, were treated. “One person was brought dead. He was an elderly person who got hit by a two-wheeler. The driver was drunk who also sustained injuries,” said Dr Ajai Shankar Tripathi, the medical superintendent of Lok Bandhu Hospital.

As many as 12,331 patients, including 344 in Lucknow, were taken to hospitals via 108 ambulance service. Among the total cases, 1,350 were of road traffic accident cases, said a press statement from Emri Green Health Services, which runs an ambulance service in the state.