A girl aged four died, while a seven-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital in a serious state after they allegedly poisoned themselves with an insecticide they found in the house. The legal examination will show what exactly the children ingested. The case happened in Hancesti district.
Spokesman for the Mother and Child Institute Doru Dendiu has told IPN that the family called an ambulance 12 hours after the first poisoning symptoms appeared, period during which the children vomited. The girl was admitted to the hospital in a state of coma, with kidney and liver failure. She died shortly afterward. Her seven-year-old cousin, who drank the same chemical, but probably in smaller quantities, is in intensive care, but he is now out of danger.
The grownups are urged to immediately call an ambulance if they suspect that their children ingested something, not waiting for the first symptoms to appear. Practice shows the first half an hour can be decisive for saving the child, especially in case of small kids. Specialists warn that the insecticides, detergents, fuels, paints and other noxious substances must be kept in places that are inaccessible to children or should be locked.
The children of an early age must be immediately taken to the hospital. In other cases, the parents can consult the specialist of the TOXAPEL service on 022.555.220. This service provides telephonic assistance to parents and medical personnel, teaching them how to give first aid in case of child poisoning.
More information about how to protect the child is available on www.parinti.md and can be also found out by following the information campaigns centering on the prevention of accidents involving children carried out within the REPEMOL (Regionalization of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Service in Moldova) Project that is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and implemented by the Foundation of the Center for Health Policies and Services.
