Hospital gives newborns free car seats

Corniche Hospital and National Health Insurance Company – Daman began distributing free car seats this week to all new parents at Corniche Hospital, as part of its First Ride is a Safe Ride initiative.

About 7,000 seats (pictured) will be given away and every newborn discharged from the hospital will ride home in one.

The hospital is also opening a Newborn Safety Center where parents will be trained by a qualified child passenger safety educator on how to properly fit and install the car seat.