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How can minor injuries kill a child?

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Accidents that can happen to children and adolescents that lead to death varies in Australia but a recent study shows that most of them are affected by playing.

 

One major factor contributing to these accidents is the lack of following safety procedures when using bicycles, playing in parks and riding cars with parents.A new study shows that the most common causes of child deaths in Australia are accidents during playing which leads to the death of about 149 children a year.A national study covered 700,000 cases of hospitalized children over the past 10 years, shows that children under the age of 17 die from injuries during play.Doctors and specialists confirm that these findings are very serious and can affect the mental health of parents.How important is it to follow safety procedures before the situation deteriorates? How can parents and children receive adequate support after the accident?Emergency Pediatric at the Women and Children Hospital in South Australia Dr. Abdul Razzaq Moussa will tell us more about this topic.

 

 


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