Following the two recent cases in which infants died after being forgotten in vehicles, in Shilo and Dolev, Magen David Adom has undertaken a campaign which the EMS organization hopes will save lives.
Volunteers are handing out stickers at intersections; stickers that say Take a look and save a life. A glance at parked car can save lives. MDA is calling on the general public to take a look at parked vehicles. In the two cases mentioned above, the children were only discovered after five and seven hours, far too late to save them.
MDA officials are aware that the primary responsibility is that of parents, who mustnt forget children in vehicles but MDA feels increasing public awareness can help to prevent additional fatal cases in which small children are forgotten in parked vehicles.
(YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Following the two recent cases in which infants died after being forgotten in vehicles, in Shilo and Dolev, Ichud (United) Hatzalah has undertaken a campaign which the EMS organization hopes will save lives.
Ichuds over 2,000 nationwide volunteers will be distributing stickers that say Dont leave me along in the car, even for a minute in the hope of getting the message out.
The stickers are made of special materials to retard fading in the strong Mideast summer sun. Volunteers are asking drivers to affix the sticker on the drivers window as a reminder. The stickers were printed in four languages; Hebrew, English, Arabic and Russian.
(YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem)