Children across the country are at great risk of injury at this time of the year, the Red Cross Children’s Hospital warned on Tuesday. In recent weeks the hospital’s trauma unit has seen five children under the age of three involved in serious car accidents. The only survivor was left partially paralysed. Professor Alistair Millar [...]
A roll-over accident of a bakkie on the R 707 between Senekal and Marquard left 4 people injured two children critically so this morning at around 08h30. Exact details to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police to investigate. Paramedics rushed to the scene from Bethlehem and when they arrived found [...]
Drowning – how do we decrease the risk for our children in South Africa? It is fast becoming one of those topics where someone you know, or someone in your group of friends or family, knows of an incident of accidental drowning occurring amongst them. It is suspected that during the summer months, the risk [...]
Home is the place you go to after a hard day’s work, somewhere you can go to relax and recuperate. I’m sure most of us think that our homes are indeed the safest place our loved one could be, whether a child, spouse or elderly parent. If one starts to think about potential hazards, a [...]
Two children are in a critical condition after they were trapped in their burning shack in Orlando east late last night. It is believed that their blanket came into contact with a hotplate that was used for heating and caught alight. When paramedics arrived at the scene they found two children a 5 year old [...]
The Arrive Alive website received an email with the request for urgent assistance in addressing the threat of children on quad bikes. The email reads as follows: Subject: Children on public roads with quad bikes (without helmets and license) “Maybe this mail is in the wrong category, but I really have something that I am [...]
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