Tehran – Barbod, 3 years old abused child, whose body was burnt up to 70% by his addicted father, died in hospital on late Thursday June 2, despite 18 days of challenge to survive.
In a heartbreaking news, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported* (Link to non-English web page) little Barbod, a third in a recent child abuse chain, died 10 AM Friday June 3, Tehran local time.
Barbod was hospitalized for 18 days in Tehran Mottahari Hospital. A local child support charity association called Mehrafarin had assumed the cost of Barbod’s treatment during his hospitalization. Fatemeh Daneshvar, Mehrafarin’s CEO told ISNA: “ We tried to transfer Barbod to Chamran Hospital – a private hospital with higher specialty in burnt body treatment – but they asked for 70 million ($70,000 USD) , i.e. $1,000 USD for each percentage of burnt degree, and unfortunately we couldn’t afford it.”
Barbod was suffering a body burnt over 70% after his unbalanced father poured a full tank of gasoline and put fire on him. He was the third victim of sever child abuse cases in Iran only … >>>
