A child injured by a dog attack in Sochi has been transferred to the intensive care unit of the RCB

"A nine-year-old boy who was admitted to the Russian Children's Clinical Hospital of the Russian Ministry of Health yesterday is being treated in the intensive care unit. Doctors assess his condition as stable and serious," the statement said.

It is specified that the child will receive antibacterial therapy and local wound treatment. Such procedures will help the young patient and doctors prepare for the reconstructive surgical stage.

"Reconstructive plastic surgery is planned to restore the soft tissues of the face. This is a complex multi—stage process that will take a long time," said Anton Gennadievich Narbutov, Head of the surgical service of the Russian Ministry of Health, PhD.

Domestic huskies tore the face of a child in Sochi. What you need to know

An attack by two huskies on a nine-year-old child took place in Sochi on February 26. The dogs were unattended by the owner, they were driven away from the boy by passers-by. A schoolboy with multiple facial lacerations was taken to a hospital in Krasnodar. A criminal case has been opened. February 2 сообщалось that the boy will undergo surgical treatment with facial plastic surgery.