9-month-old baby burned by boiling water: Hanoi rectifies child care and education

According to the leader of the Department of Education and Training of Ba Dinh district, representatives of the unit and functional units visited and encouraged LNA, a 9-month-old child who was burned by boiling water at a preschool in the area.

The Department of Education and Training directed the facility owner and teachers to continue to care, visit, apologize, and remedy the consequences of the child's negligence that led to the child's burn, including expenses, hospital fees, care, and create conditions for the child to continue going to school, and support the child's study expenses in the beginning.

9-month-old baby burned by boiling water: Hanoi rectifies child care and education photo 1

Some preschools have limited operating conditions.

After this incident, the Department of Education and Training of Ba Dinh district also requested all preschools in the area to continue to strengthen solutions to ensure safety in child care and education.

To limit similar incidents from happening, along with enhancing the responsibility of teachers, educational institutions, local authorities and organizations continue to strengthen inspection and supervision of all preschools to minimize accidents and injuries to children.

Previously, a parent reported to Tien Phong reporter about sending a 9-month-old child to Van Phuc private kindergarten, but the child was burned by boiling water in class.

Through working with the inspection team, the owner of the preschool reported that on March 18, a preschool child was burned when the facility returned the remaining 5 children late, with 2 teachers watching on the first floor. While making milk for the children, the teacher accidentally left the hot water bottle on the chair and the child crawled to pull the chair leg, causing the water bottle to fall on his neck and get burned.

When the incident occurred, the facility coordinated with the family to transfer the child to the hospital for treatment and paid all costs, and sent a teacher to take care of the family.

Also according to the Department of Education and Training of Ba Dinh district, when the child is discharged from the hospital, the parents want to take their child for scar treatment and request the preschool to write a stamped commitment about treatment at reputable medical facilities.

The preschool has admitted its shortcomings and taken responsibility to state management agencies at all levels for not reporting promptly, causing unsafe conditions for children.