4 firecracker-related injuries reported in Bicol

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LEGAZPI CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) Bicol regional office said four firecracker-related injuries have been reported and recorded in Albay and Camarines Sur on Monday.

Samuel Banico, coordinator of Violence and Injury Prevention Program of the DOH – Bicol, said a 39-year-old man from Bombon, Camarines Sur was injured by a “kwitis”.

Banico said the incident happened on Christmas Day but the victim sought medical attention at the Bicol Medical Center in Naga City on Sunday.

In Legazpi City, Albay, a 15-year-old boy sustained a head injury caused by an improvised canon last December 24.

On December 23, a 10-year-old boy was also injured in his eye cause…

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