Boy dies of blood poisoning

KUALA LUMPUR: An eight-year-old boy died at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital here a month after he was scalded by hot water.

The boy, who was admitted to the hospital on Dec 13, was initially suspected to be an abuse victim.

Doctors lodged a police report, and the boy’s mother was detained for questioning.

However, a post-mortem conducted after the boy’s death on Wednesday revealed the cause of death to be blood poisoning as the wounds had turned septic.

City CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah said initial investigations revealed that the single mother was believed to have left her son alone at home to go to work.

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