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Swimming pool supervision
A seven year old child suffered severe brain damage after he nearly drowned in a swimming pool. The young boy was with his father and brother at the time. He was not wearing arm bands and could not swim. The accident occurred as he strayed into deep water that was not supervised by a lifeguard.
The danger of hair extensions
A leading hair consultant, Barry Stevens, has recommended hair extensions be banned as the number of women suffering problems such as alopecia and bald patches grows. The increase is linked to the number of salons now offering hair extensions at a cheap price without necessarily having the hairdressers with the right qualifications to put them in correctly. The cheap price offered is often because of the poor quality of hair extension being provided, which can cause problems.
Dog attacks on postmen increase
New figures just released show that 14,000 postmen have sustained injuries from dogs whilst delivering the post in the last 3 years. This works out at 12 postmen being attacked everyday.
The breakdown of the figures shows that 350 postmen were bitten on the bottom and 128 in their private parts.
Special training is given to postmen on how to avoid dangerous situations. Despite this effort the figures have shown a 10 per cent increase, going from 4,487 in 2006 to 2007 to 5,091 last year.
A fun day and a duty of care!
A claimant suffered serious personal injury after diving head first into an inflatable pool as part of a relay game. The event took place whilst he was attending a health and fun day at a Royal Air Force base.
Anaesthetist knocked out by his own spillage
An anaesthetist was knocked out for a short time when he fell to the floor of an operating theatre after slipping in his own spillage of disinfectant.
Dangerous breast implants
It has been reported that PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) breast implants have not undergone complete safety checks. The issue came to light after the French Society of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons noticed PIP implants were rupturing more quickly than the other types of implants.
The implants are filled with a silicone gel that is possibly missing a vital protective coating which is essential for preventing splitting and leaking.
Aloe vera juice leaves women hospitalised
Two women, one aged 60 and the other in her 40’s were admitted to hospital after becoming seriously ill when they drank an aloe vera juice drink contaminated with horse tranquilliser.
The horse tranquilliser was confirmed to be Ketamine, an anaesthetic drug which slows down the breathing.
One of the women collapsed into a ‘vegetative state’ after only consuming a small amount of the juice and had to be revived by paramedics.
Calls for DIY tattoo kits to be banned
A UK public health group says do-it-yourself tattoo kits should not be available to buy on the internet.
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health claims the kits do not come with the right aftercare or safety instructions which means injuries and infections are easily caused when the kits end up in the wrong hands.
A spokesman from the group said “People should be careful. Anything that is cheap by definition is not going to be any good.”
Cosatto Paris cot recall
The trading standards institute has identified a possible safety risk with a small number of Cosatto Paris cots. In certain circumstance one or more of the sidebars on the cot could become lose and detached, which leads to the potential danger of entrapment.
The recall is due to two faulty batches. Details of the batch your cot came from can be found on the label located on the mattress base slats. The faulty batch details are:
