Sharjah: The father of a seven-year-old boy is being investigated by Sharjah police after he allegedly neglected his sick son.
The Emarati father has been summoned for his alleged failure to treat his sick son and did not answer the repeated calls from his wife and authorities.
Mohammad Mubarak Al Gafli, head of the Child Helpline, told Gulf News that the Arab mother of four children sought help from Child abuse helpline to treat her sick son after her husband did not answer her repeated calls.
The desperate mother did not know what to do for her sick son who suffered from asthma and his condition worsened.
Officials from Child Helpline called an ambulance for her sick son and moved him to the hospital for treatment.
After his condition stabilised, the he boy left hospital and went home.
Child Helpline officials lodged a complaint with Sharjah Police against the father accusing him of neglect.
Wasit Police station is investigating the case and summoned the father for questioning.
He was charged with neglect and the case moved to public prosecution for further action.
In a separate incident regarding parental neglect, an Emarati woman phoned the Child Helpline after she saw a three-year-old child getting out the sunroof of his father’s vehicle in Wasit area, specifically in the Matajer supermarket parking lot.
The woman registered the plate number of the vehicle and gave it to the Child Helpline who in turn responded to the complaint and followed up the incident.
They contacted police in order to reach the owner of the car.
Police investigation revealed that the car rented by an Emarati man and they managed to reach him.
Mubarak said that they had phoned the father and warned him not to not repeat the action, otherwise he could face punishment according to the law.
The father was surprised to receive such call regarding the safety of his son.
He told them “I did not imagine that there are people fear for the safety of my child more than me.”
He thanked them and offered his help and donations to the Child Helpline.
