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he condition of a 3-year-old child who was kidnapped and abused, and who has been identified only as IS, has deteriorated, the child's family and doctors at the Koja General Hospital in North Jakarta have said.

IS was given a blood transfusion on Tuesday after his condition worsened from the day before.

'On Monday night at around 10 p.m., I signed an approval form so that IS could get a blood transfusion,' IS' uncle told The Jakarta Post.

Koja General Hospital executive director Togi Asman Sinaga told kompas.com that based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results, IS had a brain infection. Because of his condition, the hospital moved IS to the intensive coronary care unit (ICCU) on Monday.

One of the doctors treating IS, Dewi Iriani, said as quoted by kompas.com on Tuesday that IS was in critical condition, as he was experiencing seizures and his body temperature had reached 39 degrees Celsius.

The North Jakarta Police previously reported that IS was abducted in December last year (not in 2012 as previously reported) by Dadang, 29, who abused the boy and forced him to work as a street busker.

Dadang claimed to be the ex-boyfriend of IS' mother. He said he was angry at IS' mother and kidnapped the boy in Senen, Central Jakarta, where his mother was an iced-tea street vendor.

The boy's uncle said he first found out about his missing nephew on Saturday while watching the news on TV. He accidentally switched to a channel that was airing a story about IS.

Recognizing his nephew, he called the North Jakarta Police and was told that IS was being treated at Koja hospital.

He said IS' biological father had died, while his sister, IS' mother, had disappeared a few weeks ago.

It is unclear whether the mother's disappearance and her son's kidnapping and abuse are related.

The uncle said his sister had relentlessly searched for her son since he vanished three months ago, and had reported the case to the Senen Police.

'I don't know about Dadang or his relationship with [my sister]. One thing I know for sure, though, is that he is not IS' father and he is a kidnapper,' he said.

On Tuesday, several people visited Koja hospital to check on IS' condition. Some took presents, while others took money raised from public donations via social media sites.

North Jakarta Police detectives chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Daddy Hartadi told the Post that the boy's mother had been missing for three weeks and the police were still trying to locate her. He said the police needed to speak with her to confirm Dadang's statement that he was her former boyfriend. Dadang claimed he kidnapped the boy when IS' mother broke off their relationship.

Daddy said the police had named Dadang, who once claimed to be IS' father, a suspect in the kidnapping and abuse case.

IS' plight was revealed when a woman, identified as Juliana, saw Dadang carrying IS while the latter was suffering convulsions. Juliana urged Dadang to take IS to the puskemas (community health center) in Pademangan, North Jakarta, which referred IS to Koja General Hospital and called the police due to their suspicions of abuse.

When IS was admitted to hospital, he reportedly had an open wound to his chest, another on his genitalia, he had a broken arm and his face was blue.

Staff at Koja hospital said they found indications that IS had repeatedly been beaten, kicked and bitten as well as burned with cigarettes and an iron poker. (ask)