A toddler from northern China had to travel 300km to Beijing earlier this month to undergo emergency surgery after swallowing handfuls of tiny magnetic beads from a child’s toy.
The parents of the 14-month-old boy, from the coastal city of Qinhuangdao in Hebei province, took the drastic action after he developed a fever and began vomiting, Beijing Morning Post reported.
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