IPOH – A woman has accused a private kindergarten here of negligence, claiming that its failure in monitoring her four-year-old son’s movement led to him falling into a swimming pool next door, which resulted in his death.
Forty-year-old D. Nilaveni, who is also a trader, said the kindergarten has also yet to explain the actual reason why her son, V. Thanes Nair, was found unconscious in the adult swimming pool on April 17.
“Only when my son was at the Chemor Health Clinic was I contacted and told that my son had fallen, but I wasn’t told that my child had actually fallen into a swimming pool,” she told the media when met today, claiming she did not know about the next door premises having a swimming pool.
Explaining what occurred on that day, which also happened to be her son’s first day attending a trial class at the kindergarten, Nilaveni said her son was then sent to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB), but claimed that he was already in a critical condition.
Her son died at 10.30 am today – six days after the incident.
“I am very disappointed because my son was not immediately sent by ambulance for treatment and the kindergarten failed to monitor and take care of my son, who was only four years old, when he was in their premises. How did my son, who was supposed to be under supervision, get to the swimming pool area?,” she said.
Thanes Nair is the only child of Nilaveni and her husband V. Vijay, 43.
“I don’t want other children to suffer the same fate as my child. As such, I want the authorities to investigate what actually happened to my son on that fateful day,” she said, adding that they lodged the report a day after the incident (April 18).
A spokesman from the Ipoh District police headquarters, when contacted, confirmed receiving the report.
Meanwhile, Kinder Labz said in a statement today that the management and its staff are working closely with the authorities.
“We can confirm that Thanes was attending a trial class at our school when the tragedy took place at about 10 am on the day of the incident.
“The management and staff at Kinder Labz are working closely with the authorities and have given our statements and provided all existing evidence, including CCTV (closed-circuit television) footage to (the) said authorities to facilitate investigations into the matter,” it said. – Bernama
