Zhujia Maternal and Child Hospital has launched the first local “infant safety seat plan” to help parents provide safer protection for the newborn's journey home. Parents can borrow car seats for free for use in the first year after the baby is born.

It is expected to benefit about 300 newborns in the first year.

The KKH Newborn Car Seat Programme is led by the Bamboo Feet Maternal and Child Hospital Injury Prevention Task Force, aims to reduce the risk of children's injuries through preventive measures.

The Bamboo Feet Maternal and Child Hospital issued a statement on Tuesday (February 25) saying that when pregnant women undergo third trimester examinations, the hospital will arrange for parents to collect car seats so that they have enough time to familiarize themselves with the use of seats before the child is born.

In addition to providing educational video resources on the correct installation and use of car seats to help effectively prevent injuries, parents can also contact child passenger safety experts to learn how age-appropriate car seats can reduce the risk of serious injuries in road traffic accidents.

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Chen Mingren, a senior consultant to the emergency department of Zhujia Maternal and Child Hospital, said that the hospital treats about 400 children injured in road traffic accidents every year, many of which are injuries, especially head, spinal cord and internal organs, because children do not use suitable car seats. chair, which makes the injury even worse.

Dr. Chen Mingren is also the leader of the injury prevention work group of Zhujia Maternal and Child Hospital. He noted that these injuries can lead to lifelong sequelae, affect children's mobility and even life-threatening in the worst cases.

“Many injuries can be avoided with the right precautions. It has become particularly urgent to make families more aware of the effectiveness of car seats in saving lives.”

The hospital partnered with auto agent Komoco Motors and maternal and child brand Mothercare and received support from traffic police.

Parents will be invited to register during prenatal examinations to apply for free borrowing of baby safety seats for the baby to use in the first year, or can also register through for.sg/buckleupbaby.

In order to encourage parents to continue to use car seats of appropriate age as their children grow up, parents will receive a subsidy after returning the borrowed seats when their children are one year old to purchase the next child car seat.