Six people injured in a pressure cooker explosion in the last 10 days applied to the burn center, which was put into service at Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital on 22 March.
Pressure cookers, which are frequently preferred when preparing food in kitchens, are also called “time bomb in the kitchen”, although they save time. If the pressure inside the pressure cooker, which provides the opportunity to cook quickly and practically, is not discharged correctly, it explodes, causing situations that may threaten life health.
Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital’s burn center was visited by 6 people in the last 10 days due to severe burns caused by the explosion of the pressure cooker. 45-year-old Nazife Çakır, who was treated for a pressure cooker explosion for 5 days, burns on her upper body, arms and throat.
“SHOULD EXPLODE”
“I put the pot in front of the window to get some air out and to cool down quicker.” Çakır said:
“Then I opened the button on the top. Some time passed, there was no air coming out of the hole. This time, I thought I’d open the lid. Thank God I was opening Maybe it would have been worse if I opened it inside, because half of the food spilled on the floor. water all over me. We came to the hospital in a panic. Nobody should do what I did. Let them wait for the pan to cool down completely.”
“Pressure Cookers CAN TURN INTO A CLOCK BOMB”
Burn Center Physician in charge and General Surgery Specialist Prof. Dr. Mustafa Turan gave the following statements about the incidents:
“There have been 6 cases in the last 10 days. It is necessary to be very careful with the use of fryers and pressure cookers. At the slightest mistake, they can turn into a time bomb at home. We also ask patients. We are trying to get clues. Especially in pressure cookers, there is a level. It must not be exceeded. In the mechanisms that reduce the pressure there, the part we call the whistle must be put inside so that the part we call the whistle does not clog. The most important thing is the cooling stage. The most important thing is the cooling phase. The patient says, ‘I must have opened it early.’
