Read article : Toddler suffers horrific burns after falling into scalding bathSwathed shoulder-to-toe in bandages, toddler Kyle Dobson recovers in hospital from a horrific bathtime accident.
The 17-month-old suffered third degree burns after falling into a tub of scalding water.
His mother Lisa had left him alone in the bathroom for just a few seconds while she fetched his pyjamas.
Eager to get in and play, Kyle climbed on to a step surrounding the bath and slipped in.
Miss Dobson, 23, who had not yet run any cold water to regulate the temperature, was alerted by his screams.
She raced back and pulled him out, calling 999 and bathing him in cold water until the ambulance arrived.
Last night, Kyle was being treated in hospital with around 25 per cent of his body burned. He has been wrapped in bandaging containing collagen to help repair the skin.
'I was so scared when I realised what had happened,' said Miss Dobson, of Redhouse, Sunderland.
pyjamas, then all of a sudden I heard screaming.
'When I got him into cold water there were layers of skin coming off and the rest was blistering badly.
'When we got to the burns unit he was in so much pain it took four nurses to hold him still and get the bandages on.'
Burns experts at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, where Kyle is being treated, last night called for changes to domestic water fitings after seeing a series of accident victims admitted to their unit.
They believe thermostatic mixer valves should be fitted by law to all new baths to regulate temperature.
In September, a campaign entitled Hot Water Burns Like Fire was launched to lobby for legislation, but so far the proposals have made little progress.
'We're very disappointed this has not been made law especially as in Scotland water temperatures are regulated,' said Steven Jeffrey, consultant plastic surgeon at the RVI.
'I'd been running the bath and only left him for a few seconds to get his
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