Toddler impaled through mouth with metal straw after falling off bike
Published 9 hours ago• 1 minute read
Senior Reporter·NZ Herald·
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An X-ray of the child's head after a straw became embedded in her mouth. Photo / NZMJ
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A toddler speared a metal straw through the roof of her mouth in a bike accident - and walked out of hospital the next day with no further problems.
The 21-month-old girl presented at a rural emergency department with a retractable metal straw embedded in