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Free Malaysia Today
21-07-2025
- Health
- Free Malaysia Today
Melaka to review childcare centre guidelines on baby swaddling
Melaka women, family and community development committee chairman Kalsom Noordin said the state government will discuss the matter with the health ministry. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA : Melaka authorities will review childcare guidelines at daycare centres, including whether babies older than four months should be swaddled, following the death of an infant at a centre last week from suffocation. Women, family and community development committee chairman Kalsom Noordin said the state government will discuss the matter with the health ministry to avoid a repeat of such incidents. 'We will discuss whether babies should be swaddled. I met a doctor just now who said swaddling was unnecessary. 'It is fine for babies under four months, but not encouraged for those older. Caregivers may be instructed on this matter after this,' Utusan Malaysia reported her as saying at a press conference at the Melaka assembly building today. Last week, a six-month-old boy died at a childcare centre in Padang Temu, Melaka, believed to be due to suffocation. The caregiver, who had been rotating duties with another staff member, had discovered the boy lying face-down with his face having turned blue. On child abuse cases in the state, Kalsom said the number had dropped sharply this year, with only one case recorded as of June, compared with five cases for the same period last year. 'Enforcement action had been taken against 36 unregistered childcare centres as of June, and RM68,000 in fines and compounds issued,' she said.
Malay Mail
28-06-2025
- Malay Mail
Melaka boy, 11, suffers head injury after father allegedly throws chair over lukewarm ‘kopi O'
KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Authorities have confirmed that an 11-year-old boy sustained a head injury after he was allegedly struck by a chair thrown by his father after the child served coffee that was deemed not hot enough. According to MalaysiaGazette, Melaka state executive councillor for women, family and community development, Datuk Kalsom Noordin, said the incident occurred when the boy was home alone with his father. His mother was at work at the time. 'The father asked the child to prepare a cup of hot kopi O. When the drink was not hot enough, he became angry after the boy insisted he had already heated it. 'Frustrated and disbelieving, the father threw a chair, which hit the boy's head,' she reportedly said. Kalsom added the man later cleaned the wound, and the boy only told his mother what had happened when she returned home. The child was first taken to a clinic in Cheng but was referred to Melaka Hospital due to the clinic's lack of X-ray and CT scan facilities. 'Scans at the hospital showed no serious injuries,' she added. She also said officers from the Social Welfare Department (JKM) would visit the family's home on Monday to record statements and assess the next course of action.
