2-year-old child dies after eating lunch at school, authorities investigate cause

In keeping with a supply from Dan Viet Newspaper, child DTK (23 months outdated, residing in District 6, Ho Chi Minh Metropolis) died after lunch at VH Non-public Kindergarten (Cho Lon Road, District 6, Ho Chi Minh Metropolis).

In keeping with the supply, at midday on September 20, whereas being fed by the nanny, the child confirmed unusual indicators of choking. Instantly after, the academics carried the child to District 6 Hospital for emergency therapy.

On the identical day, the child was transferred to Kids’s Hospital 1 (District 10). At round 1:30 a.m. on September 21, DTK handed away. The reason for dying was decided by Kids’s Hospital 1 as “cardiac arrest and respiratory arrest earlier than admission, cerebral edema, and acute pulmonary edema.”

Mr. Luu Hong Uyen, Head of the Division of Training and Coaching, stated that the Chairman of the Individuals’s Committee of District 6 requested the Division of Training and Coaching to coordinate with the Ward Individuals’s Committee to report the incident, and on the identical time directed the police to make clear the reason for baby Okay’s dying.

The reporter’s supply stated that the investigation company went to the varsity, extracted digicam footage, collected meals samples, took statements from academics and employees… On the identical time, the household additionally agreed to let the authorities conduct an post-mortem to search out the trigger.

After watching the digicam footage, Mr. Uyen knowledgeable: On the time of the incident, there have been about 9 youngsters and three nannies within the classroom, every nanny fed three youngsters. Whereas feeding child Okay, the child confirmed indicators of problem consuming, so the nanny took him outdoors to clean his fingers and mouth, then returned.

After that, the child nonetheless confirmed indicators of discomfort, the trainer patted the child’s again but it surely was not okay. As quickly as she decided that the child was irregular, the trainer picked the child up, shook him, then carried him to the entrance, and along with the safety guard took the child to the emergency room.

Mr. Uyen added that though District 6 Hospital is a number of hundred meters from the varsity, once they arrived, the kid was not acutely aware.

“It is a very heartbreaking incident. After the incident, the varsity actively supported and inspired the scholar’s household and cooperated with the police through the investigation,” stated Mr. Uyen.