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The 25 wounded with gunpowder (10 minors) reported during the last Christmas season, from 1 st December 2017 to 11 January 2018, represent the lowest figure of the last 17 years in Medellín.According to Mayor Federico Gutiérrez, comparing 2017 to 2015, burn reduction was 75%, while the decrease between 2017 and 2016 was 20%.
However, far from rejoicing, the city administration has appealed to continue to reduce these statistics because it is the highest level at the national level. Task for which citizen participation is fundamental.
"We invite citizens to report on line 123 where they see the manufacture, storage and distribution of gunpowder. The reward can reach 3 million pesos, "said the president.Complaints can also be filed in the" Online Security "application.
Tomorrow, officially, will begin the holiday season in the city, for which the administration has presented cultural alternatives and preventive campaigns in order to achieve zero fire.
"We want to change the dawn of gunpowder for a cultural dawn, with more than 3,500 artists spread throughout the city.In the Parque de los Pies Descalzos we will have the Christmas festival from 7pm and the "Encendido Ritual" will take place this Friday, November 30th at Parque Norte, "said Mayor Gutiérrez.
San Javier, Aranjuez, Popular, Castilla, Manrique and El Poblado are other places of cultural events.
60% of the wounded are people who did not use gunpowder
For her part, Rita Almanza, epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health, stressed that it was not enough not to handle gunpowder, but asked the public not to attend demonstrations with fireworks uncontrolled because "60% of the wounded". they are people who did not use gunpowder. "
He pointed out that it was not just burns, but that the aftereffects could go to amputation, a consequence that 91 people in Colombia suffered year-round last, according to the National Institute of Health.
It's a difficult task and the mayor knows it. Tomorrow will be the first of several challenges. Last year, in the country, the first of December had reported 20 cases of burns (8 in the capital Antioquia), which represented twice the same date in 2016, while there were 10.
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