A 3-year-old girl died of heatstroke after being left in the bus of a childcare center in Makinohara City, Shizuoka Prefecture. As a result, we have decided to issue an improvement recommendation to prevent recurrence on the 14th.
On the 5th of last month, a 3-year-old girl died of severe heat stroke after being left in a school bus for about 5 hours at a certified children's center "Kawasaki Kindergarten" in Makinohara City.
As for the cause of the incident, the kindergarten had multiple mistakes, such as the chairman at the time who was driving the bus neglecting to check the inside of the bus, and the homeroom teacher not asking the parents even though he was not visible in the classroom. explained.
From the 9th of last month, the prefecture and the city began a special audit of the children's center, and according to the people involved, it was confirmed that there were deficiencies in the safety management system and manual.
For this reason, on the 14th, the prefecture and city decided to issue an improvement recommendation to the garden to prevent recurrence.
According to the people involved, the recommendation is that the manual should clearly state the roles of the driver and staff who will be riding with the bus, and that the communication system with parents should be improved when checking the attendance of children. That's it.
The children's garden has resumed from the 3rd of this month, saying that it has taken safety measures such as revising the manual for confirming the number of people at the time of attendance.