Boy damages kidney in fall at amusement facility
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 04:07
By SAMIHA GOUHAR
DOHA: An 11-year-old boy had his right kidney severely damaged and a rib broken in a fall while playing at a local amusement facility.
The incident took place on October 2. The father of the victim, Ahmed, says doctors have declared that his son has lost his right kidney since he could not be brought in for treatment in time.
The management of the amusement centre refused to talk on the issue.
The father who did not want his name in print has filed two police complaints, one with the Mekainis Police (Complaint Number 1100) on October 2 about the incident, the other on October 7 against the manager of the facility for allegedly visiting the hospital and trying to speak with his wife to tender an apology.
HMC doctors have also confirmed that the right kidney of the boy has been severely damaged.
Giving details of the tragic incident, the victim’s father earlier said that on the fateful day he dropped Ahmed and his mother at the amusement centre. “But after a while I got a call on my mobile phone from her. She sounded panicky while telling me that Ahmed had fallen and was lying unconscious.” “I immediately asked her if there were any rescuers attending to Ahmed and whether there was an ambulance, to which she replied in the negative. She said some onlookers had, though, come for help,” said the father, adding that he, therefore, immediately rushed to the amusement facility.
The father further quoted Ahmed’s mother as saying that some of the visitors had helped bring him out. The kid’s mother had told him that the boy was lying on the ground and the people who had come to his help believed he was all right.
But the father said that when he reached there he found his son crying and vomitting. “I talked to the manager of the facility and he told me there was no cause for worry.”
“The manager said that my son may have eaten before entering the play area and it was for this reason that he was vomitting, but my son soon fell unconscious.”
According to the father, he called in an ambulance but since it took time to arrive due to the distance involved, he also called in the police which soon arrived on the spot.
“The police found that safety measures were inadequate,” claimed the father.
Rescuers must weigh every child before allowing him into the play area which is, ironically, called the ‘Death Game,’ he said.
For example, a child weighing 60kg should not be allowed into the play area with a child of 80kg, he claimed.
“But my child was not weighed,” he said.
Three accidents have taken place before his son was involved in one at the amusement facility, claimed Ahmed’s father.
The manager asked a woman to call Ahmed’s mother saying he wanted to apologise.
The woman tried to convince Ahmed’s mother that the family shouldn’t lodge a police complaint and instead make a rapprochement. Meanwhile, this reporter’s efforts to seek comments on the issue from the manager met with failure.
The manager first dillydallied saying he would be speaking tomorrow and the day after but finally refused to say a word.
Boy damages kidney in fall at amusement facility
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 04:07
By SAMIHA GOUHAR
DOHA: An 11-year-old boy had his right kidney severely damaged and a rib broken in a fall while playing at a local amusement facility.
The incident took place on October 2. The father of the victim, Ahmed, says doctors have declared that his son has lost his right kidney since he could not be brought in for treatment in time.
The management of the amusement centre refused to talk on the issue.
The father who did not want his name in print has filed two police complaints, one with the Mekainis Police (Complaint Number 1100) on October 2 about the incident, the other on October 7 against the manager of the facility for allegedly visiting the hospital and trying to speak with his wife to tender an apology.
HMC doctors have also confirmed that the right kidney of the boy has been severely damaged.
Giving details of the tragic incident, the victim’s father earlier said that on the fateful day he dropped Ahmed and his mother at the amusement centre. “But after a while I got a call on my mobile phone from her. She sounded panicky while telling me that Ahmed had fallen and was lying unconscious.” “I immediately asked her if there were any rescuers attending to Ahmed and whether there was an ambulance, to which she replied in the negative. She said some onlookers had, though, come for help,” said the father, adding that he, therefore, immediately rushed to the amusement facility.
The father further quoted Ahmed’s mother as saying that some of the visitors had helped bring him out. The kid’s mother had told him that the boy was lying on the ground and the people who had come to his help believed he was all right.
But the father said that when he reached there he found his son crying and vomitting. “I talked to the manager of the facility and he told me there was no cause for worry.”
“The manager said that my son may have eaten before entering the play area and it was for this reason that he was vomitting, but my son soon fell unconscious.”
According to the father, he called in an ambulance but since it took time to arrive due to the distance involved, he also called in the police which soon arrived on the spot.
“The police found that safety measures were inadequate,” claimed the father.
Rescuers must weigh every child before allowing him into the play area which is, ironically, called the ‘Death Game,’ he said.
For example, a child weighing 60kg should not be allowed into the play area with a child of 80kg, he claimed.
“But my child was not weighed,” he said.
Three accidents have taken place before his son was involved in one at the amusement facility, claimed Ahmed’s father.
The manager asked a woman to call Ahmed’s mother saying he wanted to apologise.
The woman tried to convince Ahmed’s mother that the family shouldn’t lodge a police complaint and instead make a rapprochement. Meanwhile, this reporter’s efforts to seek comments on the issue from the manager met with failure.
The manager first dillydallied saying he would be speaking tomorrow and the day after but finally refused to say a word.
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