A one-and-a-half-year-old toddler from an ultra-Orthodox family was burned this morning (Tuesday) by boiling porridge in her home in Jerusalem.
Rescue forces provided her with initial medical aid and evacuated her to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, in moderate condition.
She suffers burns to her upper body.
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Yossi Polishuk, head of the Neve Pisga branch and a paramedic at United Hatzalah, said: "When we arrived at the scene, the parents told us that the girl had been burned by a plate of boiling porridge. We gave her first aid. She was then evacuated in an intensive care unit to Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, where she suffers from burns to her upper body and her condition is currently described as moderate.".
Earlier this morning, United Hatzalah medical teams performed CPR on a 7-year-old boy after he choked on food at his home in Bnei Brak.
Adiel Pinchas and Yosef Baruchim, paramedics at United Hatzalah, said: "When we arrived at the scene, the child had no pulse and was not breathing. We began CPR together with the intensive care unit team. He was later taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital where his condition is classified as serious.".
