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MINNEAPOLIS — Oxygen ignited inside a special hood worn by a newborn infant in a hospital, burning the boy’s head and face and leaving him in critical condition.
The newborn, who was three weeks premature, was in an open-topped bassinet under a warmer at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids on Tuesday when the accident happened, Allina Hospital and Clinics said in a statement.
The baby, just 12 hours old and named Maverick, was wearing an oxygen hood, a device that fits over the face to supply additional oxygen, when something caused the gas to ignite, the statement read.
Allina spokesman David Kanihan declined to release the brand of oxygen hood and warmer, citing an ongoing investigation.
