Doctors’ letter to Santa

Written by Dr. Kate McCann
8th December 2022

It’s that time of year again, where I let you take a sneak peek at the letter the doctors sent to Santa this year:

 

“Dear Santa –

 

Hope you’re keeping well. If it’s not too much trouble, we have a Christmas list again this year:

 

1. Please remember to bring a helmet with every new bike, rollerblades, and scooter. You forget so many every year!

 

2. Please don’t load up that sleigh with E-scooters. They aren’t toys so please consider another toy for a child who is too young to understand rules of the road (From up in the North Pole, you might not know in Ireland that hundreds of children have been injured , in part due to lack of regulations here.)

 

3. Scramblers aren’t toys either. Please don’t bring any of those for children. Too many Irish children and teens have been injured and even killed.

 

4. Only safe for under-3 toys for under-3’s – no matter how cute! (Remember your elves can test it by using a toilet roll tube: if the toy fits inside, a young child can choke on it.) That includes amber teething beads – there have been too many accidents.

 

5. Please remind the elves again to enable parent controls or install/enable internet safety software an all new devices. @cybersafekidsie website has great advice if the elves need help.

 

6. Please leave all baby walkers with wheels and scramblers in the North Pole. Please.

 

7. Batteries. That has nothing to do with health, but you forget some every year!

 

Thanks so much.

 

-Doctors Everywhere

 

#DoctorsLetterToSanta #HealthyHolidays #HolidaySeason #SafetyFirst

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