Minto Hospital treats Diwali eye injury victims

A patient receives treatment at Minto Hospital, Bengaluru, for eye injuries sustained while bursting firecrackers during Diwali celebrations in Karnataka on 9 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Medical staff at Minto Hospital in Bengaluru attended to a patient injured by firecrackers during Diwali festivities in Karnataka on 9 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Minto Hospital in Bengaluru saw a surge of patients seeking care for eye injuries caused by firecrackers during Diwali celebrations across Karnataka on 9 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Doctors at Minto Hospital, Bengaluru's key public eye care facility, treated patients injured by firecracker bursts during Diwali in Karnataka on 9 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

A doctor at Minto Hospital, Bengaluru, attends to a patient suffering an eye injury from firecracker use during Diwali celebrations in Karnataka on 9 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

An eye specialist at Minto Hospital in Bengaluru provides care to a patient injured during Diwali firecracker bursting in Karnataka on 9 November 2026, amid a post festival influx of such cases. (Photo: NationPress)

A patient who sustained an eye injury while bursting firecrackers during Diwali received treatment at Minto Hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 9 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)

Minto Hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka continued treating patients for firecracker related eye injuries following Diwali celebrations, with cases reported as recently as 9 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress)