7-year-old girl loses one eyesight after playing Holi festival.

7-year-old girl loses one eyesight after playing Holi festival.

A seven-year-old girl from Aarey Colony lost her vision in her left eye after playing Holi with her friends, doctors at KEM hospital, where she was treated, said.

According to her family, the girl had gone out with her friends on Wednesday afternoon. Her family said that one of her friends threw colours on her which went into her eyes. "She came running home. Within 10 minutes, a white patch formed in her eye. They initially took her to a local doctor who asked them to take her to a tertiary care centre," said Dr Arjun Ahuja, head of the ophthalmology department, KEM.

She was brought to the hospital around 2.30 pm. "We tried our best but there is a permanent damage to her left eye. We could not salvage it," said Ahuja.

He said that it appears that chuna (limestone) was mixed in the colour. "One should supervise children while they are playing Holi. Colours are not safe for eyes. It is sad that the child had to go through the trauma of losing eyesight at such a small age," said Ahuja. The girl, who is admitted in the ophthalmology ward now, will be discharged in 2-3 days.

Apart from her, JJ hospital's ophthalmology received a 10-month-old male child with eye injury. "According to his parents, his elder brother discharged a water pistol very close to the eye, which led to the injury. We operated him in the morning. He is doing fine and under observation. We will not be able to say anything about the eyesight now as the boy is very small," said Dr TP Lahane, dean of Sir JJ Group of hospitals. He said that another 20-day-old girl was brought to hospital with colours in her eyes. "We washed her eyes and sent her home," he said. A total of 60 Holi revellers were treated at the four tertiary care hospital?s on Thursday.

So please play holi carefully .