After an injury at an after-school care center, the parents of a nine-year-old boy say he can't stop spinning in circles, according to reports in the Chinese-language media yesterday.
To help resolve the matter, the parents of the boy sought the help of a New Party Taipei City Councilor, Wei Yi-lung (魏?ETH>龍).
Wei yesterday hosted a meeting between the parents of the boy, representatives of an insurance company and the owner of the after-school care center.
In February, the boy injured his nose when he fell while playing at his desk, the report said, but according to the boy's mother, the injury he sustained was more than just a simple nose injury.
After the boy returned home, he began to exhibit strange illnesses and abnormal behavior, his mother said.
The boy suffered fevers, vomiting, a fear of attending school, an inability to sit still, difficulties urinating and walking, and eventually difficulty eating and talking, the boy's mother said.
By August -- even though the boy had undergone physical therapy -- he could only walk in a straight line and was unable to make a turn, the report said. When he did finally learn how to make a turn, he could not stop himself from spinning on the spot all day long, his mother said.
She says her son now spins up to 5,000 times a day.
The nursery school, however, is alleging negligence on the part of the parents, the newspaper report said.
The school notified the boy's father immediately after the accident had occurred, but the father did not show up even after the boy was sent to Taipei Municipal Yangming Hospital, one of the boy's teachers said.
The boy's father denied that he had been notified by the teacher, and added that he had never received any telephone calls from the school.
The mother further commented that after the accident, she tried to contact the center many times.
Both the school and the insurance company said that unless there is evidence which shows that the boy's illnesses and strange behavior are connected with the accident, no compensation claim will be entertained.
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