A one-and-a-half-year-old child from Jerusalem was hospitalized in serious but stable condition at the Tzafon Medical Center after drinking caustic soda, reporter Guy Varon (N12) reported Saturday. The toddler is sedated and ventilated in the pediatric intensive care unit with injuries to the digestive and respiratory systems.
Tzafon Medical Center (affiliated with Poriya, near Tiberias) updated Saturday that a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler from Jerusalem is hospitalized in serious but stable condition after drinking caustic soda. The child suffered injuries to the digestive and respiratory systems and is sedated and ventilated in the pediatric ICU.
On Friday evening, a first report noted the toddler was evacuated to Tzafon Medical Center after drinking a toxic substance at home in Tiberias — the hospital's regional catchment area. The second update from Saturday clarifies the child's residence as Jerusalem and specifies caustic soda as the ingested substance. The location of the incident itself has not been explicitly stated in the latest update, though the initial message placed it in Tiberias. As The Zioneer reported Friday, the initial alert noted the child was in serious condition after ingesting the material.
No further details about how the child accessed the caustic soda have been published. The case is being treated as a medical emergency; there is no indication of a criminal investigation.
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