Child Protection Committee conducts meeting regarding Muscat Nights accident

Oman Wednesday 01/February/2023 16:56 PM
By: Times News Service
Child Protection Committee conducts meeting regarding Muscat Nights accident
The Child Protection Committee in Muscat held an urgent meeting via videoconference.

Muscat: The Child Protection committee in the Sultanate of Oman has communicated with the concerned authorities to ensure child safety, due to the accident of a game falling at the Muscat Nights activities on Tuesday.

The Child Protection Committee in Muscat Governorate held an urgent meeting via videoconference, chaired by Sayyida Ma’ani bint Abdullah Al Busaidi, Director General for Family Development at the Ministry of Social Development, to find out the details and events of the accident in the square of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center in Madinat Al Irfan.

This incident resulted in a number of children sustaining injuries, ranging from light to moderate.

The committee has communicated with the concerned authorities to ensure the safety of the children, as it will work to provide psychological support and counseling to the injured children and their families, with the aim of mitigating the psychological effects of the accident.

The committee also called for the importance of providing psychological support to the children present at the event, by communicating with specialists via the child protection line 1100.