Children's Hospital To Report Parents Who
Don't Buckle Up Children
The Hospital Nacional de Niños (Children's
Hospital) said on Wednesday that it will
report to Ministerio Público (Public
Prosecutor) parents, guardians or any adult
charged with the care of a minor, who is
injured in a vehicle accident and not
wearing a seatbelt.
The decision follows the case of an accident
that occurred Monday in Nicoya were two year
old twins, not wearing their seatbelt, where
injured when a vehicle they were riding
flipped over.
The vehicle, according to the director de
Tránsito, Germán Marín, was at the hands of
a minor.
Marco Vargas, head of the trauma unit at the
Hospital Nacional de Niños made the
announcement on ADN noticias (90.7FM) that
children not buckled in are likely to be
ejected from the vehicle and die or suffer
permanent injuries.
"We will denounce before the authorities any
person who exposes a child to these types of
injuries. There is a lack of duty of care
that is prescribed in the Código de la Niñez
y la Adolescencia (Childhood and Adolescence
code", said Vargas.
Vargas said the twins in Monday's accident
are recovering at the Hospital Nacional de
Niños from severe head injuries.
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