Eleven-month-old boy is nearly boiled alive and is left fighting for life with 80% burns after falling into a bucket of scalding-hot water as his mother prepared a bath in Ukraine
- Doctors are battling to save the life of Daniil Chernenko from Salhany, Ukraine
- The 11-month-old suffered 80% burns when he fell into bucket of boiling water
- Incident happened as his mother Tetyana was preparing to bath her baby boy
An 11-month-old baby boy was almost boiled alive after accidentally falling in to a bucket of scalding-hot water in Ukraine.
Doctors are battling to save the life of little Daniil Chernenko after he suffered horrific burns to 80 per cent of his body in the village of Salhany in southern Ukraine’s Odessa Oblast region.
Heartbreaking pictures taken by a charity volunteer show Daniil lying on the bed and covered in bandages after being hospitalised.
The incident is said to have unfolded when the baby was about to have a bath. His mother Tetyana Chernenko reportedly brought a bucket with boiling water in to the bedroom and put it on the floor near a table.
An 11-month-old baby boy was almost boiled alive after accidentally falling in to a bucket filled with boiling water in Ukraine. Heartbreaking pictures taken by a charity volunteer show Daniil Chernenko lying on the bed after being hospitalised
The incident unfolded when the baby was about to have a bath. His mother Tetyana Chernenko reportedly brought a bucket with boiling water in to the bedroom and put it on the floor near a table
She planned to mix some boiling water with cold water in a baby bathtub that was standing on the table so she could bath her son.
At this point, Daniil was playing on the table near the bathtub. But when his mother turned away for a few seconds to take some cold water, the child fell from the table into the scalding hot bucket of water.
Mrs Chernenko said: ‘I saw how he fell in the boiling water. I rushed to the bucket and pulled him out.
‘I hugged him, then wrapped him in a cotton cloth. When I unwrapped him I saw his skin was peeling off.’
Daniil was rushed to hospital in Odessa, the capital city of the region, in critical condition and diagnosed with burns to 80 per cent of his body.
Daniil was rushed to hospital in Odessa, the capital city of the region, in critical condition and diagnosed with burns to 80 per cent of his body
Hospital staff say the child became hoarse from the constant crying caused by his unbearable pain
Pictures taken by Katherine Nozhevnikova, a volunteer from a local charity organisation, show Daniil lying on the bed after being hospitalised.
It has been reported that only patches of skin on the youngster’s forehead, fingers and toes escaped being affected.
Hospital staff say the child became hoarse from the constant crying caused by his unbearable pain.
Doctors are battling to save the infant’s life but have not speculated on his chances of survival.
Vadim Shukhtin, the head of Odessa Oblast Region Clinical Hospital, said: ‘His [Daniil’s] condition is very serious. The boy receives all possible treatment and medication.’
Tetyana Chernenko is in the hospital with her son. Reports say she has not been able to forgive herself for what happened.
Police are treating the case as an accident.