Girl, 3, slices the end of her finger off leaving her BONE exposed in horror fall from chair at KFC
A TODDLER was forced to undergo surgery after she slipped and slashed her finger open in a horror fall at a KFC restaurant.
Shalalai Khan, 3, cut her finger so badly that the bone was exposed at the fast food restaurant in Small Heath, Birmingham, last year.
The youngster had to have plastic surgery and still struggles to draw and write after the gruesome incident.
Her dad Inam, 41, said that his daughter has been left traumatised by the accident and they still don’t know what caused it.
An investigation by staff at the Heybarnes Retail Park branch found “no defects on site that may have caused such an injury”.
But dad-of-three Inam feels let down by their response and wants bosses to re-investigate the case.
His daughter, now four, still has issues writing with her left hand months on from the horror injury.
He said: “When my three-year-old daughter fell from her chair my wife picked her up while she was crying loudly and was shocked to see her hand full of blood.
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“The upper part of the finger was missing from her finger. My daughter was screaming of pain and so as my wife was extremely upset inside KFC.
“During this time no member of staff attended or offered any kind of help. When she realised nobody was there to help her, she called me to come and assist.
“She came out and reached George Road where residents came out when they saw both of them crying.
“They started to assist her and comforted our daughter while I arrived and then called ambulance.
“The ambulance took them to the hospital A&E and after staying in 24 hours in the hospital, my daughter had a plastic surgery of her finger.
“It is a very serious matter for any parent, especially where the plastic surgery is involved for a three-year child.
“This has become a mystery not only for us as parents, but it was also a mystery for the paramedic staff of the ambulance and the doctors who treated my daughter.
“Medics advised us that such injury can be caused by a sharp item or faulty equipment.”
The family complained to KFC, who investigated the area that Shalalai was sat when the incident took place.
But staff at the fast food giant found nothing that could have caused such an injury, and confirmed that there were no defects on the property.
Inam returned to the store to complain to management hours after it had taken place, and claims that he found blood droplets on the floor.
‘REALLY HEARTBREAKING’
He added: “She’s been left traumatised after that incident left deep scars. Since the incident she would not go to KFC and keeps insisting not to go there again.
“Sometimes she questions why her one finger is different than her others, she won’t let us cut her nails.
“As during the recovery her whole nail came off so she is so scared that if we cut her nails they won’t grow back or it will hurt her finger.
“When she writes it’s difficult for her to hold the pencil it takes her some time to get the grip.
“It’s really heartbreaking to see your child cry and be scared because of this particular incident.”
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called to reports of a medical emergency on George Road at 5:42pm on July 12th, 2021.
“One ambulance attended the scene and we treated one patient, a young girl, for a serious but non-life threatening injury before she was taken to Heartlands Hospital for further treatment.”
In a statement, a KFC spokeswoman said: “Safety is our top priority for our guests, and it goes without saying that we’re really sorry to hear about Inam and his daughter.
“Our restaurant team were only made aware of the injury after the family had left the restaurant, but we’ve worked with the team to try to understand what happened.
“We’ve previously reached out to Inam and we’d love him to get back in
touch so we can help make things right.”