Incident in Pinarayi: A 4-year-old boy was burned in Anganwadi after consuming hot milk

A four-year-old boy suffered burns after being given scalding milk in Anganwadi. A four-year-old boy who was accidentally given warm milk to drink suffered severe burns. Muhammad Shian, a student of Pinarayi Kolad Anganwadi Bismillah, was burned. He is the son of K. Shanajin and CK Jazana. He has burns on his lower chin, lips and inside his mouth. Shiyan is a child who is not able to speak by birth. After leaving the child at the Anganwadi on 10 in the morning, the teacher called the child’s mother and informed her about the accident.

Initially, she was treated at Pinarai Social Health Center and Thalassery Government Hospital, but due to serious injuries, she was admitted to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. Pinarayi Police and Child Line have started investigation into the incident. Kozhikode Govt. The baby is undergoing treatment at the Medical College Hospital. The child who is mentally challenged and born with no ability to speak is under treatment. The child’s relatives say that he poured hot boiling milk into his mouth.

The growth and development of children from 6 months to 6 years is very crucial. There is a situation where mothers in many households with such children go to work. In this situation, many families are not able to take care of small children. It was decided to start Anganwadi Come Crush as a solution to this. It provides services such as safe day care, complementary feeding, health check-up, immunization and pre-school activities.

Crush’s working hours are from 8 am to 6 pm. Due to this, the Anganwadi worker and helper, crush worker and helper have been instructed to serve on shift basis so that the employees are not overburdened. Infants are given nutritious meals, breakfast, lunch and evening snacks. Permission was given to 15 Anganwadi cum crushes on pilot basis. An administrative sanction of Rs.20.59 lakhs has also been given for its smooth running.