A seven-year-old girl escapes major injury after accidentally swallowing five magnetic balls from a toy set that is banned in Australian stores but she was given for Christmas.
A seven-year-old girl has escaped major injury after accidentally swallowing five magnetic balls from a toy set that is banned in Australian stores, with doctors saying it is"outrageous" the toys are still available to buy online.The magnetic balls are banned in Australian stores, but can still be purchased onlineOlivia Fay was playing with the magnetic balls she got as a Christmas gift last year when she told her parents she had ingested them.
Her mother, Rebecca Fay, rushed Olivia to the Townsville University Hospital after researching about the danger of the magnetic balls online."The doctors were nervous but once the X-ray showed [the magnetic balls] were together, that was a plus because when they are separate, it can cause more issues," Ms Fay said.
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