Surgeons call the case ‘alarming’ due to the difficulty in enforcing the ban on magnets
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Surgeons call the case ‘alarming’ due to the difficulty in enforcing the ban on magnets
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Doctors in New Zealand had to remove part of a 13-year-old boy’s intestine after he swallowed dozens of strong magnets bought from a popular online marketplace.
Boy, 13, swallowed up to 100 of the magnets after buying them from the online retailer Temu
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It was retrieved through ‘natural means’, with no medical intervention necessary
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