- Hello Jeff - I just heard about the case of a young
child of 15 months of age who will get no older. He was left in the car,
locked on a very hot day with temperatures above100 Degrees.
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- Every year we lose children, pets and even elderly to
the heat. If you have elderly friends, neighbors and family members please
check on them during these hot days. Please make sure the elderly or parents
with young children have fans. This heatwave might be a good time for
people to meet elderly neighbors and take them some lemonade or fresh fruit
juice.
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- Please make arrangements to take your child INSIDE with
you wherever you go, or find a good reliable baby sitter to remain with
that child at home while you are out. Leave the home cool and comfortable
with fans or air conditioner on. Leave plenty of fluids for the baby sitter
and child/children.
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- These are such simple common sense things to do, yet
people forget...and every year we hear about children and pets dying in
cars. And there is NO excuse for it.
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- Last year, there was a case of an elderly husband and
wife in New Jersey who were found dead in their home during a heatwave.
They could not open their windows due to fears of robbers who were known
to enter homes in that area through windows. They had no fans.
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- Enjoy the summer but think of the frail in our country...both
young and old.
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- Patricia Doyle
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- 15 Month Old Dies After Being
Locked Inside Hot Automobile
- By The Associated Press
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- OROFINO, Idaho - A 33-year-old
Orofino area woman has been arrested for involuntary manslaughter and felony
injury to a child after a 15-month-old boy was found dead in a locked car
in temperatures approaching 100 degrees.
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- The child's step-grandmother, remained in the Clearwater
County Jail on $15,000 bond today.
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- Clearwater County Prosecutor Clayne Tyler said an investigation
showed that the child was in the car for about five hours when passers-by
noticed him and called authorities. The infant was pronounced dead at the
scene around 6 p.m. Wednesday
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- Clearwater County Public Defender Jack Hathaway represented
the woman who was arrested said his client was distraught.
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- The identity of the child was not immediately available,
pending notification of relatives.
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- Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company
- http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003776431_webtoddler05m.html
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
- Also my new website:
- http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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