A five-year old girl has died after being left in a parked car at the Hospital Shah Alam car park. This tragedy happened on Tuesday, when the child’s mother, a staff at the hospital, inadvertently left her daughter in the Perodua Axia after picking her up from kindergarten at 2pm.
According to Shah Alam district police chief Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim, the child was asleep when the engine was turned off. The woman realised that her child was in the car at 6pm, when her husband called. The girl was then rushed to the emergency room unconscious and was declared dead after attempts to resuscitate her failed.
A post-mortem was conducted yesterday and no internal or external injuries were found, said Mohd Iqbal, who added that investigations are being done under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act, and if found guilty, the mother can face a fine of no more than RM50,000, or jail not more than 20 years, or both.
“The public is advised to be more careful when picking up their children from school or kindergarten, especially those who are still young, so that incidents like this don’t happen again. Any individual who has any information on the case can call inspector Syer Aidid at 013-6544996,” Mohd Iqbal said.
Cases such as this have been happening of late, perhaps due to forgetfulness, a long to-do list and stress, or a combination of the above. One way to help keep your child at the top of mind is to place an essential item in the rear seats near him/her so that you have to go around to retrieve it before leaving the car.
A video uploaded in 2015 (above) by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrated just how dangerous heatstroke can be for dogs left in cars. NFL player Tyrann Mathieu, a professional athlete, lasted just eight minutes before having to escape a car under direct sunlight, at which point the cabin was measured at 48.9 degrees Celsius.
A child’s body heats up much more quickly than an adults – think of how small ice cubes melt more quickly than much larger ones – which means they are far more susceptible to the dangers of heatstroke compared to adults. Fifteen minutes in a heated car interior could cause life-threatening brain or kidney injuries, and when the child’s body temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius, internal organs shut down, and at 41.6 degrees Celsius, death could occur.
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car manufacturers should install child detection system in the car to notify parents that their kids are left in the car.
Such parents need to be send for psychiatric testing.
could be overly stress from workplace? or other factors?
Nahh…it’s their typical attitude. Easily replaceable. Don’t see this happening to other ppl
Died in the same hospital the mother worked in. Major trauma when daily going to work.
Maternity ward and mortuary same hospital too
RIP. May I suggest that all parents with small kids in the back seat to put their wallet, handphone and car keys in the back? In that way they will be more likely to remember
Bad idea too as even if the window is fully tinted at the back be prepared for your glass to be smashed while waiting in the traffic lights.
This!! They will never forget their phone. Can’t go 10 minutes without checking Facebook or Tiktok, yet they cannot afford the same care and attention to their own flesh and blood.
Bigo! Their ppl dig bigo
May I suggest reckless parents to stop breeding?
They won’t heed your suggestion because their itchiness overcome whatever IQ they have. Gomen have to neuter & spay them for your suggestion to work
Cue a bunch of morons who will blame tint film instead of poor parenting.
Wow, we have a genius here that thinks fully dark tint films will not hinder the public’s ability to notice a child trapped in the car. What a moron. Of course a combination of a useless parent and full dark tint will make it a double whammy.
Eh Dumb, is poor parenting, there’s nothing related to dark tinted. If the parents is not neglect, there’s no incident will happen.
Just like if your parents shoot u on the wall, u wouldn’t able to comment today
I have nothing against these people but some group of people do genuinely have problem comprehending right from wrong. These people should stop breeding.
They are the itchiest on the planet. How to stop?
This happens all over the world, every year. In the U.S. alone, an average of 40 children die after being left in cars, usually due to forgetfulness. There’s really no excuse, this has been in the news for decades. People need to pay more attention to protecting their children and not all of the other things going on around them. :'(
Omputih mati takpe. Kalo org kita yg mati, siapa nak boikot yahudi & mempertahan Palestine?
Last time this happened some brain dead people ask to ban tinting. Maybe this time they should request that people with kids should ban them from buying car altogether, problem solved
they breed without mature thinking…
Just for that 30 mins euphoria then depend on gomen tongkat to rear their kids
is very common sense car park under the sun with aircond off is very hot, what is the mother thinking let her child sleep in that situation, this is stupid to max.
The mother forgot conpletely she left her child in the car. She should be charged
And spayed so she doesn’t reproduce and kill more innocent lives
Car companies must let people from inside to open the door from inside when the engine is off or the car is locked. People from inside can open door handle and exit the car. People from outside cannot enter. Maybe can do only at the rear doors.
But what if it is a baby and cannot open the door? or tint people cannot see or cannot hear crying for help from inside because outside is loud
I suggest parents to leave the phone at or near the baby’s car seat – people tend not to forget their phone but their babies – or have a gadget linked to a phone like Apple tag or Samsung tag that will remind them if the baby is further from the phone
somebody should do a study if spending too much time on the handphone (chats, browse, youtube, etc) cause forgetfulness/ crowded/ distracted mind…
Study the lineage too. Seems to be only affecting certain demographic group
thanks to smartphone and social media on the go.
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Kursus Perkahwinan
Seharusnya ada:
Mendaftar dan menghadiri kelas tentang perkahwinan, dsb.
kini, perkara berikut perlu ditambah: Kursus Etika
Yes. Kursus perkahwinan should make this a priority than anything like “must listen to husband’s guidance” even though the husband is dumb.
Otherwise how to marry 4?
Last time I checked, Volvo cars have built-in heart beat monitor as a fail-safe device. It was the S80 model if I’m not mistaken.
Maybe other manufacturers should adopt the feature?
No need for a sophisticated heart beat monitoring system. A simple motion detector activated once the car is locked is all you need. Any movement inside the vehicle triggers the notification to the car owner.
Same thing la dey.. Heart beat is common too
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Baby mati dalam sauna kete – takdir
Suami curi kahwin kat Thailand – takdir
How about looking into why is the Mother so stress that made her forget about her child? She works at the hospital based on the report. Perhaps its time to seriously look into overstretch workers in hospitals !!!
Prolly bigo live-ing her fans
is there a dashcam with a built-in motion sensor connected to the owner via HP?
Talk so power, like you only want terrer type of people.
this type of people, that type of people……. what are you guys really implying? same like drunk driving then kill people than claim OKU? stop stereotyping and labelling la
Kena at your own face than u know
You know lah. When one side got advantage scream not fair. But everything wants their own only, want to talk only with themselves, treat other people like garbage, except when they need to cheat out of something.
You talking about me? I got my prison sentence reduced yo
Not our fault your type not terrer. Siapa suruh tido dalam kelas time sekolah?
Mother who works in the medical field and left her child in the car for 4 freakin hours.
What is wrong here??
Majority of staff nurses these days cannot even speak English.
Our cops too but when time to offer pay saman on the spot suddenly become very fluent
Why need speak English? So can say hi proton, did I left my baby in the car?
Happen mostly in Malaysia shj
Remove sia from the country. It’s only them