"How did it happen so fast," is perhaps the most common phrase we hear from parents of children and babies who come to the ER with a burn. Burns in children happen quickly, one moment of inattention or one wrong movement, can sometimes cause great and long-term damage and guilt feelings among parents. The parents of A, not yet a year-and-a-half old, did not imagine that their daughter would be hospitalized for nearly two weeks in the pediatric surgery department in Meir Hospital in central Israel suffering from extensive burns on her upper body and cheek.
"It was on Saturday. We are a religious family and we have a water heater that is placed on a tall kitchen table. My husband made himself a cup of tea and turned around for a second to get the sugar; in that one moment of distraction our daughter managed to pull the cup to her, which spilled over her face and chest," A's mother said.
1 View gallery A child hospitalized for a burn. ( Photo: Spokesperson, Meir Medical Center ) "I heard her scream and ran to her. Her clothes were hot so I immediately realized that the tea had spilled on them as well and I immediately removed them from her.
We realized that it was a serious burn, even though at first the area only looked red, and we immediately ordered an ambulance to take us to Meir Hospital. We were treated for almost two weeks by the professional staff of the plastic and pediatric surgery department, who took great care of us. If there is a particularly important message in p.