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Increasing incidents of children drowning have prompted the Abu Dhabi Police to an launch awareness drive to safeguard kids. Parents have been urged to be vigilant while allowing children to use swimming pools in their homes or swimming on beaches.
Police said swimming pools are usually too deep for children, which increases the dangers of drowning should the child fall into the pool.
As part of the "Our Children" initiative, the police told families wishing to build swimming pools in their homes to adhere to the safety and security procedures associated with pools. Building pools in a safe place in the yard is one such.
Incidents of drowning have been reported at beaches, homes and public swimming pools over the past years, despite continued measures by authorities to keep the recreation places safe for swimmers, especially during the summer. In many cases, authorities have attributed the drowning, especially of children, to negligence, failure by swimmers to abide by rules and regulations and lack of safety measures at some facilities.
A report issued early this year by the Abu Dhabi Department of Health for the period between 2015 and 2016 on preventable child deaths, had singled out drowning, falls and burns as main causes of death among children.
In the latest incident of drowning, a seven-year-old boy drowned at an Abu Dhabi beach in April.
The Abu Dhabi Police reported that the boy's eight-year-old brother, who was also swimming at the beach, sustained moderate injuries and was treated at Al Rahba Hospital. Police said the emergency rescue teams gave CPR to the two victims after pulling them from the water. The younger brother, who was in critical condition unfortunately died.
In September 2017, four children, including two brothers, drowned in the pond at a farm in Al Bahia area of Abu Dhabi.
The Abu Dhabi Police said the incident occurred on the third day of Eid Al Adha, when the boys, including a 12-year-old Emirati and three Arabs aged 10, 11 and 12, from the same family were playing around the big pond that was used for raising fish.
In April 2017, a 12-year-old boy was drowned while playing in a water canal in Al Ain.
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