health
diciembre 19, 2025
La cifra de quemados sigue disparada en Medellín: este año van 62% más
El saldo de quemados en Medellín y Antioquia sigue al alza. Pese a que todavía faltan más de diez días para que termine la temporada de fin de año, el...
TL;DR
- Burn victims from fireworks have significantly increased in Medellín and Antioquia.
- Medellín's burn victim count is 44, a 62.9% increase compared to the same period last year.
- Antioquia's burn cases rose by 17.3%, from 69 to 81.
- Recent incidents include a woman with second-degree burns from sparklers and a man with hand burns from pyrotechnics in Medellín.
- A man in Puerto Triunfo sustained torso and extremity burns when pyrotechnics fell on him.
- Medellín has the most burn victims in the department, followed by Bello and Itagüí.
- The Medellín Mayor's Office is running educational and preventive campaigns against fireworks.
- Burn units in hospitals are at full capacity for both adults and children.