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Baby boy tragically dies after eating button battery from toy

Baby boy tragically dies after eating button battery from toy

Heartbreaking. A “beautiful” baby boy has died after swallowing an everyday household object that left a “hole in his heart”. One year old Hugh McMahon tragically ate a button battery from a VTech Swing & Sing monkey teddy at the end of 2021 which has since been the cause of his death. His parents Christine […]

4 years ago

THIS is what you should do if your child eats a button battery

THIS is what you should do if your child eats a button battery

For the majority of us, our homes are filled with small electronic devices, from remote controls to thermometers, scales, calculators, cameras, watches and tiny, noisy toys. Most of these contain those tiny, shiny button batteries that, to a curious child, can look a lot like something edible. Something which, unfortunately, can prove fatal. In the US […]

7 years ago