06-06-2009, 04:51 PM
Bless the Shriners! those children with such extensiveburns will be in so much pain as they heal over time, or need grafts. assuming they even survive.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN)[/b] -- The death toll from a fire Friday at a Mexican day-care center in the northwestern state of Sonora has risen to at least 35, Sonora Governor Eduardo Bours told CNN.
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A crib and baby seats lie outside a day care center Friday in Hermosillo, Mexico, as police cordon off the area.
At least 41 children and six adults were hospitalized in the 3 p.m. (6 p.m. ET) blaze in the city of Hermosillo, the governor said. The number injured earlier was reported to be more than 100.
At least 12 of the injured have burns over 70 percent of their bodies, La Tribuna newspaper reported, citing Health Secretary Raymundo Lopez Vucovich.
Some of the children, who were between ages 1 and 5, will be treated at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Sacramento, California, the medical facility and Mexican officials said.
Shriners Hospitals is a health care system that gives children free treatment for burns, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic conditions, and cleft lip and palate problems, according to its Web site. It admits children under 18.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN)[/b] -- The death toll from a fire Friday at a Mexican day-care center in the northwestern state of Sonora has risen to at least 35, Sonora Governor Eduardo Bours told CNN.
A crib and baby seats lie outside a day care center Friday in Hermosillo, Mexico, as police cordon off the area.
At least 41 children and six adults were hospitalized in the 3 p.m. (6 p.m. ET) blaze in the city of Hermosillo, the governor said. The number injured earlier was reported to be more than 100.
At least 12 of the injured have burns over 70 percent of their bodies, La Tribuna newspaper reported, citing Health Secretary Raymundo Lopez Vucovich.
Some of the children, who were between ages 1 and 5, will be treated at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Sacramento, California, the medical facility and Mexican officials said.
Shriners Hospitals is a health care system that gives children free treatment for burns, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic conditions, and cleft lip and palate problems, according to its Web site. It admits children under 18.