East Avenue Medical Center records 1st firecracker-related injury on Christmas Day

A whistlebomb caused the first firecracker-related injury that the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City recorded since the Department of Health (DOH) began its monitoring period on December 21.

READ: Kauna-unahang biktima ng paputok sa East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City, naitala ngayong Pasko. | via @luisitosantos03 pic.twitter.com/HdgaA3dYFH

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) December 24, 2017

Luisito Santos of Super Radyo dzBB shared photos of EAMC's fireworks-related injury surveillance board for 2017 that only bore the initials of the center's first fireworks victim.

The victim, "MJ", was profiled as a 62-year-old male from Barangay Pag-Asa, Quezon City.

He was released from the hospital before 8 a.m. Monday, Super Radyo dzBB's Allan Gatus reported.

Senior citizen na nasugatan matapos na maputukan ng whistle bomb sa Quezon City, nakalabas na ng ospital. | via @allangatus pic.twitter.com/WNl97PuqvS

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) December 24, 2017

Manila's first firecracker victim was recorded a day before the DOH began its monitoring period and was the result of a piccolo, an illegal firecracker that causes the most firecracker-related injuries every year along with kwitis.

Health Undersecretary Dr. Gerald Bayugo said they will consolidate reports on firecracker injuries from December 25 to January 6, 2018 and release these statistics once completed.

The DOH aims to decrease the number of firecracker-related injuries from 630 in 2017 to zero in 2018. —Rie Takumi/KG, GMA News