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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Abigail Nicholson

Dad who spent weeks on burns unit makes huge gesture to Alder Hey

A dad who stayed in a burns unit for more than a week after scalding his body with boiling hot water has gone back to the hospital that helped him.

Pete Cranfield, 38, who lives in Hoylake was around four-years-old when he was tragically scalded by boiling hot water from a kettle. His parents had just moved from Knotty Ash to Speke, with Pete saying there was "stuff everywhere".

A stool was left in the kitchen and Pete used it to climb onto the counter to get himself something to eat. But when he tried to come down he caught the cord of the kettle on his foot which had just boiled, and scalding hot water poured down his shoulder and left arm.

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