AN 18-month-old child of Walton Hall on the Essequibo Coast was severely burnt on Tuesday after he accidentally pulled down a bucket with hot rice mar.According to reports the child, Avishka, known as “Alex” was playing by himself when he saw the bucket and pulled it down. Reports said that his grandmother had just strained mar from a pot of boiling rice into a bucket when the child pulled it over on himself, inflicting serious burns on his belly, feet and hands. The child was said to be wearing pampers at the time and that saved him from further burns
Reports said the child was rushed to the Suddie hospital and admitted, but was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Rajendra Prabhulall in Essequibo.