(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 21 - A baby risked beiing burned by traces
of acid in the holy water used for its baptism in a Sicilian
church on Monday, a local newspaper reported Tuesday.
Luckily, the acid or acidic disinfectant accidentally put in the
christening water was so highly diluted that the eight-month-old
girl was discharged from hospital after minor treatment, said
the Gazzetta del Sud.
It said the acid was probably in a cleaning fluid used on the
font before the ceremony at Villafranca Tirrena, a hamlet
outside Messina.
One of the little girl's uncles felt a burning sensation during
the baptism and then the parents saw that parts of her head and
neck had turned red, the Gazzetta reported.
She was rushed to the Policlinico di Messina Hospital where
doctors soon established she had not suffered serious injuries
and could go home. (ANSA).
Baby risks burns from acid in baptism water
Traces of acidic cleaning fluid accidentally left in font
