The silent killer behind the death of two maids... and Dubai Police warns of dangerous practices
Butti Al Falasi
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Dubai Police revealed the recent death of two maids affected by carbon monoxide gas, or what is known as the silent killer, after they lit coal in her closed room in search of warmth, and they died in her sleep.
In detail, the Dubai Police General Command warned of cases of poisoning and suffocation, resulting from inhaling carbon monoxide emitted from indoor fuel combustion.
Ahmed bin Darwish Al Falasi, Director of the Security Awareness Department at the General Department of Community Happiness at Dubai Police, Butti, said that incidents of poisoning and suffocation resulting from inhaling carbon monoxide gas abound in the winter and summer seasons, as a result of the lack of awareness and wrong practices of some individuals who seek refuge during the winter season. To burn a source of fuel in closed places that lack ventilation completely, in search of warmth, as the combustion process results in carbon monoxide gas, and individuals inhale it without feeling this silent killer, so they suffer from a state of fatigue, weakness and weakness, and then they enter into a coma and then die.
He added that in the summer season, poisoning and suffocation incidents occur as a result of individuals sitting in running vehicles parked in a closed garage without ventilation, and as a result of the fuel combustion process in the vehicle, carbon monoxide gas enters through the air conditioning vents, and individuals inhale it inside the vehicle, to help with the symptoms of poisoning and suffocation. .
Al-Falasi stressed that the Dubai Police General Command renews its awareness campaign “the silent killer” every year, and intensifies its efforts to raise awareness of malpractices, and the need to adhere to safety instructions, including ensuring that closed spaces are ventilated through window openings or mechanical suction systems, and the installation of matching cooling or heating devices. To local specifications, not using chimneys or burning coal in enclosed spaces, installing toxic gas detectors in residential units, maintaining devices by a licensed and specialized technician, not operating vehicles and staying in them for long periods of time in enclosed spaces, and not using charcoal grills inside the house or basement Or inside tents, garages, or near any window, and not to heat the house with a gas oven, and always keep power generators outside the house at least six meters away from any window, door, or ventilation hole, and warn of the importance of not operating a car or truck inside a garage attached to the house Even if the door is open,
He pointed out that the campaign targeted the workers' barracks in 3 regions, Jebel Ali, Al Quoz, and Al Qusais, as more than 2,000 awareness bags were distributed to them, containing winter supplies, educational pamphlets in English and Urdu, as well as awareness posters and banners in the streets to reach the largest number of workers. members of the public.
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For her part, the Director of the Specialized Forensic Evidence Department, in the General Department of Forensic Evidence and Criminology at Dubai Police, a senior expert in poisons, Ibtisam Abdul Rahman Al-Abdouli, explained that people resort in the winter season to ignite a fire for heating in closed rooms, so that carbon monoxide gas replaces oxygen gas in the room. The room, and due to the lack of smell, taste, or color of carbon monoxide gas, its molecules gradually replace oxygen in the blood, so the person feels minor symptoms, such as headache, shortness of breath, dizziness, and nausea, until his blood becomes saturated with carbon monoxide, to enter into a state of fainting, and then leaves. life.
Al-Abdouli said, "Carbon monoxide gas results from the combustion of fuel from various sources, such as coal, firewood, plastic, etc., and if the combustion process takes place inside a closed place without ventilation, such as rooms or wooden buildings (caravans), or vehicles designated for trips (vans), or in the estate." Or tents, the amount of carbon monoxide gas will gradually increase, until poisoning and death occur, and this silent killer causes deaths annually in various countries of the world, as a result of lack of awareness of these wrong and deadly practices.
She referred to the recent death of two Asian maids, as a result of igniting coal in their closed room, in search of warmth, only to die while they were asleep.
And about how to act if some people feel symptoms of carbon monoxide, or if they find people in a state of fainting, she stressed the need to quickly withdraw the fainted people out of the closed place immediately, open the windows to bring oxygen into the place, and call an ambulance to take the necessary measures.
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