Schoolgirl with cerebral palsy bedridden after chair-pulling ‘prank’

PETALING JAYA – A primary school girl who suffers from cerebral palsy is now facing complications from a back injury that was the result of a prank.

Azeera Yazid, the girl’s mother, first spoke of the tragedy that struck her family on TikTok. 

In the now viral video, she asked her followers to pray for “Kakak Iqa”, whose schoolmate pulled a chair-pulling prank on her.

Iqa, whose full name is Puteri Nur Atiqah, is 11-years-old. 

In the video, Azeera said Iqa is now bedridden until her back fully recovers. 

While she had already been discharged, Iqa was readmitted to the hospital yesterday as she faced another complication concerning her bowel movement.

Azeera, who was interviewed by mStar, said the unfortunate incident happened while her daughter was resting after a nasyid practice session in school.

Just as Iqa was about to sit down, her friend pulled away her chair, and Iqa landed on the floor in a seated position. 

@azera5276 Perkara yang ditakuti , kakak iqa jatuh disebabkan kawan tarik kerusi ketika di sekolah,now kena bedridden selagi tidak sembuh ..Allah ...semua pihak perlu diingatkan tentang bahayanya gurauan begituu...sekarang kami yang alami ujian ini...doakan kakak iqa cepat sembuh....AAMIN #fypシ #shahalam #jatuhdisebabkankawantarikkerusi ♬ Sayang Sampai Mati - Repvblik

Iqa started to cry, and a teacher called Azeera. She immediately picked her daughter up from school and brought her to a hospital in Shah Alam.

According to the doctor who treated Iqa, the child suffered from complications such as a minimally broken coccyx, bone bruise and a disc bulge.

On her TikTok video, many commented about the chair-pulling prank, which appears to be rampant amongst school children.

A teacher remarked that she has reminded her students time and again of the dangers of pulling a chair away while someone is about to sit on it, but even secondary school students refused to heed the advice.

A study on the impact forces following the unexpected removal of a chair while sitting was conducted by SM McGill and JP Callaghan of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo in 1999.

They found that the impact forces generated from falling onto the pelvis from a seated height appear to be sufficient to cause injury, as the forces well exceed documented injury tolerance levels. – The Vibes, October 21, 2023