Baby suffers burns after spilling hot gravy at pub
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 16:24 · Archive
An eight-month-old baby suffered burns after a pub waitress placed a gravy boat on her placemat.
Catrin Griffiths, 29, from Bangor, North Wales, took her eight-month-old daughter Neli to a pub for a roast dinner. A waitress placed a hot gravy boat directly on Neli's placemat. Within a split second, Neli put her left hand into the jug, yelped and pulled it out, then knocked the jug over, spilling the rest of the gravy on her left leg.
Griffiths, a nursery worker, grabbed her screaming baby, removed her gravy-soaked clothes and held her hand under a cold tap for 10 minutes. She then wrapped the affected areas in a damp muslin cloth and took Neli to A&E at Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital in Bangor. Due to the severity of the burns, Neli was transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, where dead skin was scraped off and the burns were covered in gel and dressed in gauze.
Griffiths said the doctor told her that Neli had suffered a third-degree burn on her hand and a superficial burn on her leg. Although she views the accident as a mistake by the waitress, Griffiths is now warning others not to place hot liquids in front of babies or small children. She said: 'You would never put a pint of beer or cup of tea in front of a baby, so why would you do this?'
How it is being reported
- Baby burnt and screamed in agony after hot gravy spill in pubEight-month-old baby Neli was left with horror burns after spilling hot gravy on her hand and leg.BBC Wales · 8 Oct, 16:08
- Baby 'scarred for life' after putting hand into gravy put in front of her at pubThe rest of the gravy spilled onto her leg when she pulled her hand outWalesOnline · 7 Oct, 12:11
In this story: Catrin Griffiths · Neli Hughes · Alder Hey Children's Hospital · Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital · Bangor · North Wales · Liverpool
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