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Toddler’s bowel torn after swallowing toy magnets in Mumbai
A two-year-old boy in Mumbai needed emergency surgery after two tiny neodymium magnets he swallowed separately locked together inside his intestines and tore holes in his bowel. The Times of India reports…
The Story in Brief
A two-year-old boy in Mumbai needed emergency surgery after two tiny neodymium magnets he swallowed separately locked together inside his intestines and tore holes in his bowel. The Times of India reports that his parents took him to Surya Hospital in Santa Cruz for fever, pain, vomiting and loose stools, initially diagnosed as gastroenteritis. An ultrasound suggested acute appendicitis, but during operation surgeons found pus and two magnets sticking to their metal catheter.
The magnets came from a toy the parents later found at home. Surgeon Dr Satej Mhasker said the magnets have five to 30 times the strength of ordinary magnets. The UK’s NHS reported 65 children needing surgery over three years after swallowing similar magnets. India lacks mandatory safety warnings on such toys, Dr Mhasker said.
The Indian Opinion
Indian parents see toys as harmless, but the hidden danger of cheap neodymium magnets in imported sets is real. The claim that safety standards don't apply here is not hyperbole, it matches what doctors find. The real test is not bans alone, but how many parents will now check toys for small magnetic parts before a child lands on an operating table.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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