6-month-old boy dies of suspected suffocation at Melaka childcare centre

6-month-old boy dies of suspected suffocation at Melaka childcare centre

PETALING JAYA: A six-month-old baby boy died at a childcare centre in Padang Temu, Melaka, yesterday evening, believed to be due to suffocation.

Utusan Malaysia reported that the caregiver, who had been rotating duties with another staff member, discovered the boy lying face-down with a blue face.

“The nursery rushed the baby to the Ujong Pasir clinic where a medical team gave CPR for 30 minutes before sending the baby to Melaka Hospital in an ambulance.

“As soon as they reached the hospital’s red zone, the baby was given CPR aid again, but was soon confirmed as dead,” the portal quoted a source as saying.

The source said inspections of the baby’s body found no elements of foul play, and that the hospital lodged a police report soon after.

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Melaka Tengah police chief Christopher Patit confirmed the report and said it is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 for negligence involving the care of a child.

Kosmo later reported that on the same day, another three-year-old girl at the centre suffered an injury to her left ear from a blow by a caregiver.

The child’s mother, Nurul Shafiqa Dawood, said she picked up her daughter Faiqah Dalila Faris Danial at 5.30pm, and that the child complained of pain in her left ear.

“She cried all night due to the pain. I brought her to the clinic at 11pm and the doctor confirmed that her left ear was injured and swollen. We then went to Melaka Hospital and lodged a police report,” she told reporters today.