âI was a bit numb when I heard,â she said.
âI thought âoh my god is this really happening, have we really done thisâ?
âI did all this for her and the all those other kids,â Ms Shoesmith said.
Those other children sadly includes 14-month-old Isabella Rees who died in a Melbourne hospital in 2015 after swallowing a button battery.
Then tragically in July last year three-year-old Gold Coast tot Brittney Conway suffered the same painful death as the battery burned through her oesophagus and into her aorta.
The Federal Government cites at least 44 cases of young children suffering severe injuries from ingesting button batteries since December 2017.
âI was a bit numb when I heard,â she said.
âI thought âoh my god is this really happening, have we really done thisâ?
âI did all this for her and the all those other kids,â Ms Shoesmith said.
Those other children sadly includes 14-month-old Isabella Rees who died in a Melbourne hospital in 2015 after swallowing a button battery.
Then tragically in July last year three-year-old Gold Coast tot Brittney Conway suffered the same painful death as the battery burned through her oesophagus and into her aorta.
The Federal Government cites at least 44 cases of young children suffering severe injuries from ingesting button batteries since December 2017.
ABC Radio reveals 2021 presenter line ups
December 15, 2020 3:14
ABC Radio has announced the 2021 presenter line up.
The announcement:
ABC Radio has announced its 2021 presenter line ups, which remain relatively stable for all networks, with no changes for ABC Radio Sydney and ABC Radio Melbourne.
Several ABC radio networks recorded their highest audience reach and share in a decade due largely to the bushfire coverage followed by coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and the US election.
Triple j introduces a new breakfast duo with Bryce Mills and Ebony Boadu starting on 18 January – just before the Hottest 100 of 2020 countdown on Saturday 23 January and the Hottest 200 on 24 January.