The key facts
- On November 3 in Rostov-on-Don, a three-month-old infant suffered a chemical burn from soldering acid
- The child and his mother were placed in the pediatric surgery department; the victim's condition is satisfactory
- The circumstances of the incident are not specified
What happened
In Rostov-on-Don, a three-month-old infant suffered a chemical burn from soldering acid. The incident was reported by the TV channel REN TV, as retold by Gazeta.Ru. The incident occurred on November 3 in an apartment in a building on Nizhnebulvarnaya Street: according to the TV channel, the older child in the family gave soldering acid to his younger brother. The publication does not specify under exactly what circumstances this happened.
The child's condition
The injured infant was placed, together with his mother, in the pediatric surgery department. Doctors assessed the burn as mild, and the child's condition as satisfactory.
Similar cases in the region
In the same article, Gazeta.Ru recalls other recent incidents involving chemical burns to children. In Rostov Region, an eight-year-old boy suffered burns to his face and both eyes after an unsuccessful experiment: schoolchildren mixed several substances in a plastic bottle, hoping to produce a lavaeffect or a small explosion. The reaction did not start, one of the boys kicked the container, the bottle exploded, and the child was hospitalized in a hospital in Rostov-on-Don. It was also previously reported that a child in Anapa suffered a chemical burn while tearing open an anti-stress toy. The circumstances of the incident involving the infant and any possible checks into the case are not disclosed in the publication.
