Drowning warning in Nghe An: Time to go… worry again

It is time to sound the alarm because children are not equipped with knowledge and skills to protect themselves, as well as the surrounding environment.

Propaganda to prevent and prevent drowning accidents and save drowning people in visual form.

A series of tragic drowning incidents

At around 2:30 p.m. on April 25, a group of students in grade 8D from Nghia Loc Commune Secondary School (Nghia Dan District, Nghe An) invited each other to the Khe Giang dam in Tan Huu hamlet, Nghia Loc commune to have fun.

At about 14:45 on the same day, NHG went down to the dam to wash her feet, but unfortunately slipped and fell into the deep water. At this time, 4 other friends in the group rushed to save you, but unfortunately 3 VTTM, HQT and HTLA also drowned, 2 other children were lucky to escape. On the evening of the same day (April 25), the bodies of four female students were found in the shock and grief of local people.

The drowning incident at Khe Giang dam (Nghia Loc commune, Nghia Dan district) on April 25, 2022, resulted in the tragic death of four female students.

Then, at about 3:30 p.m. on April 29, after discovering that D.T.Ph (born in 2008, a middle school student living in Tan An commune, Tan Ky district, Nghe An) drowned in a ditch, bordering the border. boundary between Nghia Phuc commune and Tan An commune (Tan Ky district). Discovering the incident, HSTh. (SN 2007, Tri Ky Son commune, Tan Ky district) threw herself into the ravine to save her friend but failed; The incident left both children tragically dead.

In just 5 days from April 25 to April 30, 2022, there were four drowning incidents in Nghe An province in a row, killing 8 teenagers, including 7 students.

Drowning incidents cause severe consequences for families and society.

Information from the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Nghe An province added that from January 2022 to April 30, 2022, there were 8 drowning cases in the province, killing 14 children.

Strengthening the prevention and control

Recently, the People’s Committee of Nghe An province has issued a document on strengthening the prevention and control of accidents and injuries, and prevention of child drowning in the context of the approaching summer. mass organizations, social organizations, district-level People’s Committees.

Specifically, in order to reduce the number of children suffering from accidents and injuries, especially drowning in the province in the coming time, Nghe An Provincial People’s Committee asked leaders of units and localities to continue promoting communication. , education in order to raise awareness and responsibility of agencies, organizations and individuals on accident and injury prevention and child drowning prevention and control; dissemination of knowledge.

Propaganda activities to prevent and prevent drowning accidents are widely deployed by schools and units.

Continue to promote communication and education in order to raise awareness and responsibility of agencies, organizations and individuals on accident and injury prevention and control, and child drowning prevention and control; disseminate knowledge and skills on child drowning prevention and control to each school, class, block, hamlet, hamlet.

Encourage families to regularly care for, supervise and remind children about the risk of accidents, injuries and drowning; pay attention to renovating and eliminating risks of accidents, injuries and drowning for children at home and in the community, such as: making lids for water containers in the house, fences around houses, ponds, etc. lake; put up warning signs in areas of rivers, streams, traffic works, construction, dangerous road sections prone to accidents, injuries, drowning and take other relevant measures to ensure safety. safety, minimizing accidents, injuries and drowning for children.

The People’s Committee of Nghe An province assigned the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to guide, implement, inspect and urge the construction of a safe house to prevent and prevent child accidents and injuries. Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate in strengthening the direction and guidance of, the prevention and control of accidents and injuries and the prevention and control of child drowning, especially before the students’ summer vacation; develop and share children’s drowning prevention communication materials for propaganda in the mass media.

Encourage the whole people to practice swimming in Nghe An, install drowning warning signs.

In addition, the People’s Committees of districts, cities and towns strengthen communication on drowning prevention on the local mass media; visual propaganda through the banner system; slogans, billboards, posters, leaflets… especially at schools, kindergartens and kindergartens.

Localities with eco-tourism areas, bathing spots, rivers, streams, waterfalls, creeks, etc. proactively inspect the work of ensuring the prevention and control of drowning accidents and arrange a team of rescue and rescue personnel. Permanent households at risk locations to be ready to detect and promptly rescue drowning cases.

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