Two-year-old twin brothers in Rostov-on-Don swallowed 67 magnetic balls from a children’s construction set; both children were taken to hospital. In this respect reports Press service of the regional Ministry of Health.
A two-year-old boy was transferred from the infectious diseases hospital to the Rostov-on-Don city clinical hospital with suspected peritonitis. During the examination, doctors discovered 29 small magnets in the abdominal cavity of a small patient.
A few hours later, the parents arrived at the same hospital with his twin brother, who had swallowed 38 of the same magnetic balls. Foreign bodies caused necrosis and perforation of the intestinal walls.
The children were rushed into surgery; Their condition no longer causes concern among doctors.
Previously doctors in the Volgograd region rescued The child who swallowed a battery.