Saturday, June 6, 2015

HEROIC SIX YEAR OLD DIES AFTER SAVING HER BABY BROTHER FROM BOILING WATER


A heroic young girl died from severe burns after she threw 
herself on top of her baby brother to save him from boiling water.
Tatyana Yantuganova said her one-and-a-half-year-old son would 
have been killed if not for the brave actions of his older sister.
Tragically, six-year-old Masha later died after bungling medics 
failed to treat her horrific third degree burns immediately.

Hero: Masha Yantuganova died of severe burns after throwing herself on top of her little brother to protect him from boiling water
Hero: Masha Yantuganova died of severe burns after throwing herself on top of her little brother to protect him from boiling water

The children's parents said they had popped into the garden 
of their home in the tiny Russian village of Suuk-Chishma in the 
Russian Republic of Bashkortostan when the tragedy occurred.
Dima had been playing inside with his sister when he accidentally 
caught a cable to the family's an electric kettle with his leg. 
As boiling water flooded towards the toddler, Masha had thrown 
herself over him letting the boiling hot water pour over her.
Tatyana described hearing her daughter's horrific screams as 
she ran out of the house to find her mother.
She said: 'She was in terrible pain but didn't cry as she didn't want 
to worry me.'She just kept saying that I had to take care of Dima.'

Masha, pictured as a young child, threw herself over her brother letting the boiling hot water pour over her
Masha, pictured as a young child, threw herself over her brother letting 
the boiling hot water pour over her

As Tatyana soaked both children in icy water, other members 
of the family tried to call for an ambulance but there was no answer.
The desperate mother then borrowed a neighbour's car and rushed
 her children to a local hospital where they were then made to wait 
for up to an hour before they could see a doctor.
Tatyana said that when the doctors finally arrived they smeared ointment 
over her baby and then said they had run out and didn't have enough for 
her daughter. 
She raced to another hospital but Masha lost consciousness on the way. 
When they arrived the girl was taken into intensive care but later died.
Tatyana said: 'Masha died in the hospital. The doctors said she had burns 
on 60 percent of her body.She died because of lack of first aid.
'My son Dima had burns to 40 percent of his body but he is alive because 
he got treatment.' 

Guardian.uk

1 comment:

Phyllis Carter said...

I must share important stories like this one, but technical problems often prevent me from presenting them in a better format.