Battle to save girl’s life after fall from Bankstown window
A little girl who fell three storeys from an apartment window with her brother was still fighting for life in intensive care this afternoon.
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A little girl who fell three storeys from an apartment window with her brother was still fighting for life in intensive care this afternoon.
Ghina, 5, and Yousef Alsaed, 3, were reportedly playing on a bunk bed in the apartment building on South Terrace, Bankstown, when they crashed through a fly screen on Sunday morning.
They fell 10m to the pavement below and were rushed to The Children’s Hospital Westmead shortly after.
A spokeswoman for the hospital said the girl was in intensive care in a critical condition this morning but her brother was stable.
Neighbours said the siblings had been playing on a bunk bed before the accident.
Their family moved to Australia from Jordan less than a month ago.
“It was a hot day, many people had their windows open,” one neighbour said.
A young man living on the first floor heard the commotion and ran downstairs to help.
It comes just two months after Bangladeshi migrant and Kids Don’t Fly campaigner Feroza Yasmin launched a fresh appeal to parents to keep windows locked and children’s access to balconies restricted.
Ms Yasmin works with the Bangladeshi community handing out educational pamphlets highlighting the risk of falls, but told The Express it was a significant issue for everyone, not just her culture.
Ten children in the Canterbury-Bankstown area have fallen from windows since she joined the NSW Health cause in 2014.
A child safety expert said parents should be wary about placing furniture close to windows. “Beds become trampolines, cupboards become vantage points,” Kidsafe NSW executive officer Christine Erskine said.
Ms Erskine said fly screens would not prevent children falling out.
She said new strata building laws would require all windows in NSW to have locks and restrictors by March next year.
Police are investigating the incident.
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