A surgeon has warned how swallowing button batteries could be lethal for children

One of the country’s leading paediatric surgeons has warned of the dangers of deadly lithium “button” batteries after treating two patients in recent weeks who became critically ill after swallowing them. Martin Elliott, the head of the National Service for Severe Tracheal Disease at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), said he feared that hundreds of children a year could potentially be suffering life-threatening injuries as a result of swallowing...
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