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12-year-old City Boy Falls From Terrace While Flying Kite, Gets Fractured Skull | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: On a cold Wednesday morning, 30-year-old Mohammad Moin woke up early at his Walled City house to complete his embroidery work, which he needed to supply to his client. At 10.30am, he heard a loud sound of something hitting the ground. When he rushed out of his house to check what caused it, he found his son writhing in pain in a semi-unconscious condition lying on the floor.
Within a few seconds, Moin gathered his courage. Though he called an ambulance, he rushed his injured son to Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology (ITO), a wing of Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital, on a bike with the help of a neighbour.
On the way, he kept calling his son Moammir to keep him conscious. The 12-year-old reached the hospital, where doctors immediately examined him and after conducting a CT scan, they found Moammir had fractured his skull.
“My son was flying kite on the terrace, which has no boundary walls and even stairs to climb. With the help of a chair and support of the adjacent wall, my son climbed up to fly kites,” Moin told TOI, while sitting on a bench adjacent to his son’s bed with tears in his eyes and fear of losing his son.
Carelessness of parents and children are allowing such incidents to happen.
Moammir was lucky enough as he had fallen from the terrace of a single-storey building.
Moammir was not the only one brought to ITO on Wednesday with kite related accident. “We have received at least 15 children here who had fallen from a height in kite-related incidents. Among those, two required admissions and Moammir was one of them. The rest of them had suffered minor injuries and were sent back home after treatment,” said a doctor on duty at ITO emergency.
As Makar sankaranti, a kite flying festival, is drawing near, incidents of children falling from height have started being reported at ITO. Doctors advised parental caution to ward off injuries.
Within a few seconds, Moin gathered his courage. Though he called an ambulance, he rushed his injured son to Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology (ITO), a wing of Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital, on a bike with the help of a neighbour.
On the way, he kept calling his son Moammir to keep him conscious. The 12-year-old reached the hospital, where doctors immediately examined him and after conducting a CT scan, they found Moammir had fractured his skull.
“My son was flying kite on the terrace, which has no boundary walls and even stairs to climb. With the help of a chair and support of the adjacent wall, my son climbed up to fly kites,” Moin told TOI, while sitting on a bench adjacent to his son’s bed with tears in his eyes and fear of losing his son.
Carelessness of parents and children are allowing such incidents to happen.
Moammir was lucky enough as he had fallen from the terrace of a single-storey building.
Moammir was not the only one brought to ITO on Wednesday with kite related accident. “We have received at least 15 children here who had fallen from a height in kite-related incidents. Among those, two required admissions and Moammir was one of them. The rest of them had suffered minor injuries and were sent back home after treatment,” said a doctor on duty at ITO emergency.
As Makar sankaranti, a kite flying festival, is drawing near, incidents of children falling from height have started being reported at ITO. Doctors advised parental caution to ward off injuries.
