Saturday, April 06, 2013

18 Year old in a serious in a serious condition after falling into a fire

Imogen Vollenhoven
6 April 2013

A eighteen-year-old female is in a serious condition after falling into a cooking fire at their home in Gingindlovu on Friday.

Netcare 911’s Chris Botha said reports indicate that the lady had a an epileptic fit while being at home alone, when she fell to the ground, she ended up in the cooking fire.

Botha adds that Netcare 911’s paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the patient has sustained serious burns.

“After she was stabilized on scene they transported her to the Eshowe provincial hospital for the care that she required,” said Botha.

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