Lviv doctors saved a one-and-a-half-year-old boy from Stryi who suffered severe body burns.

Specialists at the St. Nicholas Hospital in Lviv saved a one-and-a-half-year-old boy from Stryi who accidentally spilled hot potato broth on himself and suffered severe burns. According to his mother, skin from the burned areas literally remained on her son's clothing.

Demian's mother was preparing mashed potatoes for lunch. After draining the potatoes, she placed the broth on the sink and began mashing the potatoes. The woman turned away for just a moment, and the child managed to spill the broth on himself. She quickly took off her son's sweater and was horrified to see that the skin from his abdomen and chest had literally come off onto his clothing. She called for an ambulance while keeping the burned areas under cool water (which is indeed recommended). At the district hospital, the boy received dressings for his burns and was urgently sent to Lviv, the hospital reported.

“The boy arrived with superficial and deep dermal burns on his head, right arm, and the front surface of his torso on the right side. In the area of the burn wounds, the upper layer of skin was so damaged that it had simply died. The danger lies in the fact that bacteria thrive on dead tissue. If all these areas are not cleaned in time, life-threatening complications may arise,” says burn surgeon Lesya Strilka.

The boy was immediately taken to the operating room. Under anesthesia, the specialists removed all the dead tissue and applied a special absorbent dressing—a sponge that absorbs the fluid leaking from the burn wounds and also prevents the spread of bacteria. Then, they secured the burn areas with a bandage to promote faster healing.

The operation lasted an hour and was successful. The boy has already returned home from the hospital. Doctors advise parents to keep hot drinks (tea, coffee), broths, and jellies away from children, as sometimes it only takes a moment of inattention for a child to spill them on themselves.