Toddler Dies After Falling Into Pot Of Boiling Milk In Andhra Pradesh

A 1.5 year-old girl child died on Tuesday, four days after she sustained burn injuries after falling into a pot of hot milk at her school. She was laid to rest on Thursday. The incident occurred at AP Dr BR Ambedkar Gurukul School for Girls at Korrapadu in Bukkaraya Samudra mandal of Anantapur district on Saturday, while the child was playing with a cat. 

The child's mother, Krishnaveni works as a security guard at the school and she was in the kitchen while the child was playing alone.

"As the child



started crying, the mother ran and saved the child, took her to Anantapur GGH (Government General hospital). 

As per the doctor's instructions, the child was shifted to Kurnool GGH for further treatment," said Jayalakshmi, DCO.

"As soon as we got to know about the matter, we brought it to the notice of the Secretary and he immediately intervened and got the child admitted in a private hospital. But she later succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday evening around 3:45 pm. Later her body was buried yesterday.