Group B (3) was hospitalized for a fractured shin at a daycare center in Wonju, Gangwon-do. Provided by parents of affected children
The police launched an investigation after receiving a report that a three-year-old child attending a daycare center in Wonju, Gangwon-do suffered a broken shin during the teacher’s discipline and was diagnosed with 14-week anterior displacement.
The parents of the victim are demanding a thorough police investigation and severe punishment, saying that the daycare center was too late to notify them of their child’s fracture and was busy preventing the report.
According to CBS Nocut News coverage on the 11th, on the 23rd of last month, A, a teacher at a daycare center in Wonju, forced child B (3), who was standing, to sit down to stop him when he tried to hit another friend’s head with a toy. .
It is reported that Mr. A, a teacher in the next class, was taking care of the children while the homeroom teacher briefly moved to the bathroom to teach the children how to urinate.
When Boy B fell and cried loudly, holding his leg, the homeroom teacher reported this to Director C, but it was confirmed that the victim was unable to go to the hospital right away. This is because they told us to wait until Director C, who had an external schedule for training at the time, arrived.
After Mr. C arrived, Mr. B, who went to a nearby hospital, was diagnosed with a fracture, received a cast, and returned to the daycare center. The parents of the victim only heard about this from the daycare center after lunch time.
The victim’s mother complained, “I was working when I suddenly got a phone call and said, ‘Your child has a broken leg.’ When I went to the daycare center, I was shocked to see the child sleeping with a cast on.”
The victim’s parents claimed that when they questioned why the parents were not immediately informed of the child’s broken leg, they received an absurd answer.
“I was astonished when the daycare center said, ‘It’s probably just a bruise’ and ‘It was because the mother was so busy with work,’” he said. “When I told him that he would go back to the hospital where he treated me to check, he only said incomprehensibly that he was worried about the child and wanted to go with him.” “He said.
X-RAY photo of group B (3), who was hospitalized for a fractured shin at a daycare center in Wonju, Gangwon-do. Provided by parents of affected children
Group B’s parents received treatment at a tertiary hospital to confirm the exact condition, and were devastated by the diagnosis and doctor’s opinion of ‘Other fractures of the left tibia body, closed’ requiring 14 weeks of treatment.
The victim said, “With what force did the doctor press the child to break the large shin bone? Instead, he asked if it was abuse,” and added, “I felt like the sky was falling when I heard that I could have to live with a disability even as an adult.” He said. Group B was hospitalized for about two weeks and is receiving outpatient treatment at home while wearing a cast.
Group B, who weighed approximately 14 to 15 kg, lost more than 1 kg in less than three weeks after the incident, and Group B’s parents are preparing to put their house on the market and move.
It was also claimed that the director and the teacher identified as the perpetrator visited the parents of the victim child as well as the parents of Group B’s mother several times and attempted to reach an agreement by handing over settlement money.
Boy B’s mother said, “I brought red ginseng or a Korean beef set and went to my parents’ store and handed over cash and asked for an agreement. My father sent me away saying, ‘My grandson’s leg is broken. Are you kidding me?'”
Hospital medical certificate for the victim. Provided by parents of affected children
The parents of the victims said that they requested the disclosure of the original CCTV footage from the daycare center and a sincere responsibility for the impact it would have on their children when they become adults, but this was not accepted.
The victim’s mother said, “If the children currently attending school are treated the same way as our children, how can we trust them and entrust them to them? I just hoped for a sincere apology from the parties involved. I hope they are properly punished.”
Regarding this, teacher A explained, “I was stroking the child’s head when B came close with a toy and raised his hand high. I thought the other child would really get hit, so I held his arms and made him sit down because I thought I had to stop his behavior.” did it “I am so sorry. I would like to offer my sincere apology once again,” he said. Person A is said to have left the daycare center immediately after the incident.
After reporters attempted to call and text several times, Director C briefly replied, “The investigation has not yet progressed. There is no response to comment.”
Wonju City, which has the obligation to manage and supervise child care facilities, completed the initial investigation into the day care center last week and plans to conduct an additional investigation.
The Gangwon Police Agency, which received a report from the victim’s parents, plans to book those involved on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes and summon them as suspects for investigation soon.
