Mistaking a plastic bottle containing metal surface cleaning solution for... soft drink, a 3-year-old child drank it. Fortunately, his father discovered it in time, hired a car to travel more than 70km to take him to the hospital for emergency treatment that night.
Information from Phu Yen Province Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital this evening, January 25, said that after more than two days of emergency care and treatment, patient So Minh S, Cham ethnic group (born in 2022, residing in Tan Thanh village, Son Hoi commune, Son Hoa district, Phu Yen province) has escaped critical condition. Although the patient's health has stabilized, he will continue to receive active treatment to be discharged home to celebrate the Lunar New Year of At Ty -2025.
According to Mr. Nguyen Manh Son, Chairman of the People's Committee of Son Hoi commune, before that, at around 7:00 p.m. on January 23, after the family of Mr. So Minh Son (born in 1994, residing in Tan Thanh village, Son Hoi commune, Son Hoa district, Phu Yen province) finished dinner, the son So Minh S saw a bottle of Cleaner Mr. Dan - a cleaning solution for cleaning metal surfaces of iron, steel, aluminum... placed next to the table leg. Because the transparent plastic bottle contained an orange solution, S mistook it for... soft drink, so he opened it and drank it. Fortunately, the father discovered it in time, hurriedly hired a car to take S to the Son Hoa District Medical Center that night and was instructed to transfer to the Phu Yen Province Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital for emergency and timely treatment.
From this incident, parents need to strictly preserve solutions and chemicals to avoid children mistaking them for soft drinks and drinking them, leading to unpredictable consequences if not detected and handled promptly.
Source: https://cand.com.vn/y-te/uong-nham-dung-dich-tay-rua-kim-loai-mot-chau-be-nguy-kich-i757668/
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