Girl, 7, survives three-storey fall



SHARJAH // A seven-year-old girl survived a three-storey fall on Friday but a woman died yesterday when she fell from a sixth-floor balcony.

The first accident happened in Nabbaa area on Friday morning. The Egyptian girl, identified as Diana, fell from the balcony of her family's apartment. She was taken to Al Qassimi hospital, where she remained yesterday in a stable condition.

Dr Abdul Wahed Al Waheid, the hospital's deputy director of technical affairs, said she had bruising but did not need intensive care. It was a first case of a child falling from a building this year, although there were several last year.

Yesterday at about 7am, a Russian woman, aged 28, fell to her death from the sixth floor of a building in the Al Majaz area. She was dead by the time police reached the scene.

An Indonesian maid fell to her death from a ninth-floor balcony in the same area on Tuesday.

Other workplace saving schemes
  • The UAE government announced a retirement savings plan for private and free zone sector employees in 2023.
  • Dubai’s savings retirement scheme for foreign employees working in the emirate’s government and public sector came into effect in 2022.
  • National Bonds unveiled a Golden Pension Scheme in 2022 to help private-sector foreign employees with their financial planning.
  • In April 2021, Hayah Insurance unveiled a workplace savings plan to help UAE employees save for their retirement.
  • Lunate, an Abu Dhabi-based investment manager, has launched a fund that will allow UAE private companies to offer employees investment returns on end-of-service benefits.
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Some of French groups are threatening Friday to continue their journey to Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the European Union, and to meet up with drivers from other countries on Monday.

Belgian authorities joined French police in banning the threatened blockade. A similar lorry cavalcade was planned for Friday in Vienna but cancelled after authorities prohibited it.