Toddler, 2, dies after climbing into pan of boiling water and being taken by her medical student mother for treatment by unqualified ‘TRADITIONAL HEALERS’ instead of hospital
- Parents Davina and Ivan Gorov are being investigated for murder over the death
- Daughter Lesya was given ointments for burns on her stomach, back and bottom
- Lesya was taken to hospital by her grandmother five days after she was burned
- But doctors could not save her and she succumbed to her wounds ten days later
A toddler has died after she climbed into a pan of boiling water and was taken by her medical student mother to unqualified traditional healers.
Trainee doctor Darina Gorova, 18, took daughter Lesya to traditional Ukrainian healers who administered natural ointments rather than rushing her to hospital.
Lesya suffered horrific burned to her abdomen, back, and bottom after getting into a pan of boiling water her mother was using to cook chicken.
Toddler Lesya Gorova died after she climbed into a pan of boiling water and was taken by her medical student mother to unqualified traditional healers instead of a hospital for treatment
Lesya Gorova, two, suffered horrific burns to her, back and bottom after getting into a pan of water boiling so her mother could cook a chicken
Five days later Lesya’s grandmother visited, saw the girl’s terrible wounds and immediately insisted she be taken to the hospital.
But it was too late to save the child, who succumbed to her wounds ten days later.
Police are investigating Darina and her husband Ivan Gorov, 29, for pre-meditated murder following the incident.
If convicted, they could face between seven and 15 years in jail.
Police said Darina, from Bakhmach, Ukraine, had failed to properly secure the pan of boiling water she intended to use to a cook a chicken the family had slaughtered.
Police are investigating Darina Gorova, 18, and her husband Ivan Gorov, 29, for pre-meditated murder following the incident. If convicted, they could face between seven and 15 years in jail
Police said Darina, from Bakhmach, Ukraine, had failed to properly secure the pan of boiling water she intended to use to a cook a chicken the family had slaughtered
Officers added the traditional remedies given to Lesya by traditional healers did little to ease her burns and that Darina, as a medical student, should have noticed.
Darina is studying to become a doctor at Konotop Medical College.
A local report said villagers ‘cannot understand why Lesya wasn’t immediately taken to hospital and saved… She is a future doctor.’
Officers added the traditional remedies given to Lesya by traditional healers did little to ease her burns and that Darina, as a medical student, should have noticed