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Child who was struck by lightning in Burgas is now conscious

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The eight-year-old boy who was struck by lightning in Burgas is now awake from a medically induced coma, BNT learned from the hospital where the child is being treated. However, there is still risk to his life.

The incident happened on Thursday afternoon during a family walk in the Sea Garden of Burgas. After a lightning strike the child was taken to the hospital in clinical death.





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