Children injured by melting snow and ice remain critical

A nine-year-old boy and a toddler who suffered serious head injuries from falling snow and ice in the past few days remain in critical condition at Prague’s Tomayerova teaching hospital. Both are in an induced coma and doctors are planning to perform surgery on the older child on Sunday. Melting snow falling from rooftops and icy roads have resulted in numerous injuries in the past few days. On Thursday Prague emergency crews reported over 40 calls to people who had fallen on icy pavements.