The key facts

  • A child suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns to the face, neck and chest at kindergarten No. 71 in the settlement of Yuzhny in North Ossetia
  • After 13 days in hospital, the boy was transferred to a burn center in Moscow, where he underwent several operations, including a skin graft
  • The parents claim the kindergarten leadership tried to hush up the incident; the administration has not commented on the situation

What happened

In North Ossetia, a child suffered severe burns at kindergarten No. 71 in the settlement of Yuzhny. The incident was reported to the Telegram channel 'ChP Vladikavkaz' by the parents of the injured boy, as reported by Gazeta.Ru. According to them, the caregiver was carrying a kettle of boiling water through the room where the children were playing and bumped into their son. The hot water scalded the child's face, neck and chest; he was diagnosed with first-, second- and third-degree burns.

The child's condition and the kindergarten's response

The boy spent 13 days in hospital before being transferred to a specialized burn center in Moscow. There he underwent several operations, including a skin graft. The parents claim that the caregivers forbade discussing the incident in parent chats and that the institution's leadership tried to hush it up. The family demands an investigation and that those responsible be held accountable; the kindergarten administration has not yet commented on the situation.

Context

This is not the only such case in kindergartens recently: earlier, on September 30, it was reported that in a Tomsk kindergarten a two-meter-tall cabinet toppled right onto five children. Nothing is yet known about an investigation into the Vladikavkaz incident — it remains unclear whether a case has been opened and how oversight bodies will assess what happened.