Every Friday you can contact us for a weekly overview in which we briefly look back at the most striking, interesting or most important news items per working day. This week, among other things, chemicals in baby wipes, measles and pediatric heart surgery were in the news. In this weekly overview the most important events of this week.
Monday: community service demanded against parents who left 5-week-old baby in car
The Public Prosecution Service is demanding 80 hours of community service against a father and mother who left their five-week-old baby in a car for 2.5 hours to shop in Bataviastad. The newborn baby was not completely fit and the parents had therefore decided to leave the baby warmly wrapped in the car.
Tuesday: ‘Only use wipes for cleaning the buttocks’
Toxicologist Hester Hendriks advises parents against using wipes for anything other than cleaning babies’ bottoms. 80 percent of parents also use wipes for cleaning their hands and mouth and for sweeping a chair or table, for example. However, wipes are not made for this.
Wednesday: 84-year-old man from Gorinchem injured an ambulance nurse
An 84-year-old man from Gorinchem was arrested on July 17 for injuring an ambulance nurse. The 47-year-old ambulance employee went to a house in Gorinchem-Oost together with officers on Monday evening because relatives of the resident were concerned for his well-being. Emergency services found a striking weapon.
Thursday: measles: symptoms, severity and contagiousness of measles
Vaccination coverage among young children in the Netherlands is falling. For the measles disease, the vaccination rate for babies seems to be just below 90 percent for the first time. Measles outbreaks are rare, but they do occur and can make children seriously ill. What is measles, how serious is it if you are infected with it and how contagious is measles?
Friday: no reason to press pause button for plans for pediatric heart surgery
The plan of outgoing care minister Ernst Kuipers to centralize pediatric heart surgery may go ahead. The university medical centers of Utrecht and Leiden/Amsterdam had objected to this plan. The preliminary relief judge decided on Friday that Kuipers’ decision currently has no “irreversible consequences” and there is therefore no reason to press the pause button.
By: National Care Guide
2023-07-21 14:00:00
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