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Doctors Remove 8 Magnetic Balls From 1-Year-Old Child s Body, Warning Issued Representational image of a surgery. Photo: Pixabay
A team of doctors in Dubai saved the life of a toddler by successfully removing eight small magnetic balls from the child’s body.
The parents of the 1-year-old child rushed her to Medcare Women and Children s Hospital in the first week of October after noticing that the baby was not well. The parents were shocked when tests revealed that the child had ingested eight magnetic balls. One-year-old baby Salma came in with fever and vomiting. After investigations, we found eight pieces of small magnetic balls lining her abdomen that had caused intestinal perforation, Dr. Mazen Salowm, specialist paediatric surgeon, told Gulf News.