Ahmedabad: Emergency medical calls in Gujarat rose sharply during Diwali, with the state's EMRI 108 ambulance service recording 5,934 emergencies against 5,246 on a normal day — a rise of 13.12 per cent, IANS reported, citing the emergency-response data. Mirror Now, reporting the same EMRI 108 figures, said the surge was driven largely by trauma cases and firecracker-related burns.

Source: IANS via NewKerala

5,934108 emergency calls in Gujarat during Diwali (vs 5,246 on a normal day)
1,212Vehicular trauma cases, up from 646 (+87.49%)
62Burn emergencies across Gujarat; Ahmedabad 13, Surat 12

Non-vehicular trauma emergencies also rose steeply, from 595 on a normal day to 1,043 during Diwali — an increase of 75.17 per cent, according to the data reported by IANS. Together, the two trauma categories account for most of the festival-day spike.

Source: IANS via NewKerala

Burn cases: Ahmedabad and Surat highest

Of the 62 burn-related emergencies, Ahmedabad accounted for the highest number with 13, followed by Surat with 12. Kachchh and Rajkot reported five cases each, while Gandhinagar and Vadodara recorded four each, IANS reported.

Source: Mirror Now

Not every category rose. Pregnancy-related emergencies remained the largest single category but eased marginally from 1,194 to 1,151, and calls for high fever, abdominal pain, breathing problems and cardiac emergencies all declined compared with a normal day, according to the reported data. Poisoning and toxicology calls rose 5.28 per cent, from 124 to 131.

What is solid

  • Gujarat's 108 service recorded 5,934 Diwali emergency calls, up 13.12% from 5,246 on a normal day (IANS; Mirror Now, both citing EMRI 108 data).
  • Vehicular trauma rose from 646 to 1,212 cases and non-vehicular trauma from 595 to 1,043; 62 burn emergencies were reported, led by Ahmedabad (13) and Surat (12).

What is only claimed

  • The figures are a festival-day versus normal-day comparison published by the service; they do not by themselves establish how many incidents were directly caused by firecrackers, beyond the burn category.