A 16-month-old boy in Russia had to be operated upon after he swallowed 42 fridge magnets within a few minutes of being left alone in the kitchen.
The toddler's mother panicked after she noticed that all of the magnets from the family's fridge had gone missing after leaving him for a short period of time. She rushed her son to a local clinic where doctors performed a scan. They were amazed to see a huge quantity of small, round magnets in his abdomen, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
The boy was then rushed to a hospital near her home in Chelyabinsk, Russia, where surgeons immediately operated.
‘The child had been in the room alone with the magnets and now they were gone. She thought he must have swallowed them,’ said a clinic spokesman.
The toddler's mother panicked after she noticed that all of the magnets from the family's fridge had gone missing after leaving him for a short period of time. She rushed her son to a local clinic where doctors performed a scan. They were amazed to see a huge quantity of small, round magnets in his abdomen, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
The boy was then rushed to a hospital near her home in Chelyabinsk, Russia, where surgeons immediately operated.
‘The child had been in the room alone with the magnets and now they were gone. She thought he must have swallowed them,’ said a clinic spokesman.