Seat for Baby Exchange

24 November 2011

On November 24, every baby left the maternity hospital with car seats.

An event was held in the "Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov as a campaign "Seat for Baby Exchange".

A car seat - the most important baby safety item - was presented to parents who had not bought the child restraining harness in advance.

All newborns left the maternity hospital inside the car fastened according to effective safety rules.

If all small passengers ride in car seats the number of dead and injured children in car accidents will be significantly reduced in our country.

On November 24 the event was held in the "Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov under the title "Seat for Baby Exchange".

Traffic police in Russia, the Health Ministry and the Russian public organization "Risk Free Road Traffic" were initiators and organizers of this campaign; above institutions tried to draw public attention to the issue of mitigating risks associated with transporting children in cars.

According to statistics a large number of small passengers suffered and died in car accidents this year in Russia because adults were transporting them without special restraining harnesses known as children car seats.

"Seat for Baby Exchange" event was conducted as a nationwide large-scale social campaign "A Car Seat to Every Child"; the campaign began on November 1.

The campaign’s goal is to convince the parents that it is not possible to transport children in cars not equipped with child seat.

- Buying a car seat should be an essential step prior to the birth of a baby, along with a baby carriage and a crib – said Police Major General Vladimir Kuzin, Deputy Head of Road Safety Department reporting to the Russian Interior Ministry addressing the audience in the hospital.

- Safety inside the car should be observed starting with the very first trip.

Car seat reduces the fatalities of children in motor vehicle accidents by 71%.

Unfortunately, most often the accidents involving children occur within the radius of 1 km from the home area.

These are adults who should be blamed for the injuries and traumas inflicted to young passengers as a result of these accidents; this statistics shows that adults failed to ensure the safety standard to children inside the car, they forgot to buckle a child or forgot to purchase a child car seat.

- We should take care of our children - maintains Gennady Sukhikh, RAMS Academician, director of FSI Scientific Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Kulakov.

- The safety of newborn should be guaranteed in every trip including the first voyage.

I am convinced that the majority of parents will realize the necessity of observing the ultimate safety standard during transportation of children as a result of these social campaigns.

We suggest installing the seats in cars and we believe that this device will provide comfort and safety to children in the car.

In Western Europe, in United States and Sweden, the baby is not discharged from the hospital if the car to deliver the child home is not equipped with a special child seat.

In our country medical personnel does not check the availability of child restraining devices; and I strongly recommend buying them.

However, these advices often fell into dead ears.

Fathers and family members are preparing in advance to the memorable day when mother and baby are leaving the maternity hospital; yet the polls indicate that only 13% of the families buy car seats, the majority take away their babies carrying them "on arms".

"We plan to initiate a legislative move to ban discharging babies from maternity hospitals if car is not equipped by the special seat - said Natalia Agre, the president of NGO "Risk Free Road Traffic".

- The child's right to have a safe transportation in a vehicle must be protected from the very first day.

And if this right is not provided by irresponsible parents, the state should intervene".

All newborn babies who were discharged from the maternity hospital on Oparin St. on November 24 went on the first car ride like adults as they were fasten by safety belts to a child car seat.

A young father George Arsentiev arrived first to meet his new born son who was already given a name of Eugene. As a result, George became the first winner of the present which was more important than all the toys - a car seat.

Children are our future.

And we should think about their safety from the day they are born.

Children should be protected and taken care of, so I'll always carry my child in car inside a special seat - said the happy father putting her first child into the car cradle.

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