Arson attack victim back in hospital

The three-year-old arson attack victim Nátálka is back in hospital after having been released only two months ago. The toddler had previously spent eight months in hospital and undergone numerous operations before being released in late November. Her readmission to hospital is due to the fact that some of the skin grafts that were transplanted onto her hands in a previous procedure have not been growing properly. Nátálka, who suffered burns on 80-percent of her body during a racially motivated fire-bomb attack on her family’s home in Vítkov, north Moravia, arrived at the hospital with both her parents. A hospital spokesman said that the toddler will be hospitalized for about two weeks. He added that this was just one of many reconstructive surgery procedures that she will have to undergo.