“Negligence” to blame for deaths of four children in three weeks: HRCM
12 Mar 2012, 6:02 PM
Hawwa Lubna
While attention in the Maldives focuses on a political crisis which shows no sign of abating, the people are faced with another issue of urgent attention: an increase in the number of child deaths.
Four children under the age of 10 have been reported dead in isolated incidents in just the last few weeks.
The first case was reported on February 19 after a one year-old baby fell from the second-floor balcony of a house in Male’.
A week later, a 10 year old boy was reported dead on the island of Miladhoo in Noonu atoll on February 27. According to local news outlet Sun, the boy had consumed paint thinner (a toxic solvent) while playing around with friends and was subsequently poisoned.
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