Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'Burn'
May 17, 2008
A 7-year-old Manhattan boy is hospitalized today with burns over 70% of his body after an attempt to make S'mores in a Murray Hill basement went horribly wrong. As opposed to the usual case of youthful misadventure, responsibility for the boys injuries appears to lie with a supervising parent, who allegedly threw a volatile flammable liquid on an open flame, which exploded in the boy's face. The boy was roasting S'mores with a friend on......
Continue Reading "Boy Badly Burned in Dessert Mishap"April 18, 2008
Passover, which begins tomorrow night, never passes by without a surge in emergency room traffic, according to one area physician. Dr. Tucker Woods, chairman at Long Island College Hospital’s emergency department, tells the Post he sees “an uptick in total patient volume during Passover.” It seems the heavy cleaning leading up to Passover – intended to rid the home of chametz – is taking its toll: “We see a little bit of everything. Dizziness from......
Continue Reading "Passover Causing Jews to Pass Out, Doctors Say"
