Chandigarh, Nov. 10 -- At least 303 people were injured in firecracker-related incidents in Chandigarh, 32 in Panchkula and 27 in Mohali on Diwali night. Among them were children as young as six years old. Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, reported the most casualties in Chandigarh, with 87 burn injuries and 29 eye injury cases. PGIMER recorded 34 cases, including eye injuries and burns, while Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, had 37 cases. At the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, at least 15 patients underwent emergency eye surgeries on Sunday night. "All eye surgeries were major, done immediately after receiving the patients. Vision recovery is difficult after surgery. There is a risk of complete loss of sight. It will take two to three months to ascertain the damage," said Dr Faisal Thattaruthody, additional professor at the Advanced Eye Centre. "Usually, the centre sees 65-75 eye injury cases during Diwali. The number can rise given the referral cases received for at least a week," Dr Faisal added. The hospital's plastic surgery department also treated seven firecracker-related burn injury patients. Of these, four suffered hand injuries after crackers burst in their hands, while three sustained 15-20% thermalburns after their clothes caught fire. Authorities, however, said the total number of injuries were lower than the 363 reported during Diwali last year. In Panchkula and adjoining areas, at least 32 people, including 11 children aged between six and 15, were rushed to Civil Hospital, Sector 6, following firecracker-related accidents. The Dr BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Phase 6, Mohali, reported 27 burn injury cases on Diwali night, including 10 patients with eye injuries caused by firecrackers and fireworks. One critically injured patient was referred to GMCH-32, Chandigarh, for further treatment....