A Melbourne woman has sustained horror injuries after her hot water bottle burst while laying in bed. 9News
The 27-year-old was rushed to hospital with serious burns to her body.She spent 10 days at The Alfred hospital after undergoing surgery for a skin graft, with specialist doctors using donor skin from her back to cover the wounds."It's quite hard looking at yourself in the mirror and seeing the scars on your body from what's happened just from a hot water bottle."
Doctors at The Alfred have told 9News they have recently seen a significant number of people admitted to hospital with severe injuries after using hot water bottles.She only had the hot water bottle on for 10 minutes to help relieve stomach pain before it burst.Hot tap water should be used to fill a hot water bottle and it should not be filled more than two-thirds.The bottle can also be wrapped to avoid direct contact with skin.
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