Tragic: Infant abandoned by parents after suffering horrific burns in incubator fire

Newborn baby Matvey suffered horrific injuries when
an incubator malfunctioned and left him with 70%
burns to his body.
He suffered the burns aged just three days old when
a medical lamp caught fire.
Matvey's parents left him in the care of medics after
seeing the burns he suffered and never came back.
Medical staff at the maternity hospital of Tula in Tula
Oblast, Russia, provided urgent treatment in the days
following the accident in November last year.
Health experts say he will require expensive plastic
surgery and a period of rehabilitation.
A hospital spokesman said: "The boy was inside a
phototherapy machine when the machine's lamp
caught in fire. Seventy per cent of the boy's body
was burned. His internal organs were also damaged.
Matvey was taken to a Moscow hospital for
specialist treatment.
"The boy survived after many emergency surgeries
and remains in the Moscow hospital. The boy is still
in a serious condition in intensive care but seems to
have an enormous desire to live despite his horrific
injuries."
A fundraising drive was launched to raise money for
Matvey's treatment and volunteers hope the Russian
state will help him.
A fundraiser said:
"The baby doesn't give up. "He wants to live
despite everything.
"Not many adults would be able to endure the
suffering he has. He suffers and hopes for our
help.
"Please do not stay indifferent. We wish for
the baby to have treatment, because he
deserves it."