Parents have been urged to remain vigilant of the activities of their young children after two tragic child deaths were reported in the last week.
In the first incident reported from Kayts, Jaffna, a toddler died after consuming diesel that was stored in an empty soft drink bottle at a house.
According to the Police, the parents of the child had rushed the toddler to the Kayts Hospital following the incident.
The child had been transferred to the Jaffna Hospital for further treatment but had passed away yesterday (23 Mar).
The deceased is a toddler aged one year and 09 months, a resident of Kayts. The Kayts Police is conducting further investigations.
Meanwhile, an 11-year-old child had died after choking on a deflated balloon in Neluwa.
The coroner’s report has ruled that the child had died due to the balloon getting stuck in his throat.
On Wednesday, the boy had been playing with the balloon, inflating and deflating it during which he had accidentally swallowed it, resulting in choking.
The child had been rushed to the Neluwa Hospital, where the doctors had managed to pull out the balloon, but the boy had passed away. (Newswire)