Drownings put spotlight on children’s safety

THE BODIES OF TWO 8-YEAR-OLD TWINS were found one after the other in the sea in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province, on Monday, 24 hours after their mother reported their loss when they were playing on a beach, where swimming is forbidden. ThePaper.cn comments:

The woman said the last time she saw her twins was when they were playing with other children on the beach not far from her, but when she looked up from the screen after posting some photos on social media, the twins were no longer there.

The police officer who found the two bodies said the two girls probably drowned after being caught in the offshore currents, without being noticed by anyone on the beach or those swimming in the sea.

The mother bears responsibility for not keeping an eye on her children and letting them swim where it is forbidden. But the netizens have no right to organize a witch hunt and harass the mother and the family.

It is noteworthy that with the hot weather and school holidays and the appeal of playing in water, dozens of kids drowned nationwide last month.

According to the State Medical Security Administration, the latest round of negotiations for anticancer drugs to be incorporated into the medical insurance medicine catalog is expected to be completed before the end of September.

The negotiations between the medical insurance institutions and the representatives

This tragedy should be a reminder to all parents: You think that children are safely playing at the water’s edge, but don’t realize that they are having fun so close to death.

And it is not just water, several children have died after being left in automobiles this summer, and at least four children have been electrocuted while playing in fountains because of electricity leaks. And traffic remains a major threat to children’s safety, especially when parents and drivers are preoccupied with their phones.

It can take just seconds for a tragedy to unfold, less time than it takes to post a message or photo to a circle of friends. It is the responsibility of all adult members of society to act as guardians. Adults must keep a watchful eye on children, especially when they are playing in or near water or roads.

Anti-cancer drug medical insurance access negotiations

of the relevant pharmaceutical enterprises will finally determine the payment standards for the relevant drugs.

Centralized drug procurement can effectively promote the reform of public hospitals, reduce the high price of drugs and the cost burden of cancer treatments for patents and their families.

The person in charge of the National Medical Insurance Bureau said that the drugs proposed by the experts are all drugs with high clinical value, high innovation and high patient benefit and they include various types of anticancer drugs targeting renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, chronic granulocytic leukemia and lymph cancer.

The State Medical Security Administration said it has determined the anticancer drugs of this medical insurance access negotiation after an experts’ review, selection and voting.

China has taken multiple measures to reduce the economic burden of the patients, especially those with serious diseases such as cancer. Since May 1, China has cut the tariffs on all the imported anticancer drugs to zero.

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