Children are a brave and curious bunch. They explore tiny places and try out new things without a care in the world.
But such curiosity is great until something bad happens.
In this case, a pebble getting stuck in one’s ear.
6YO Boy Allegedly Gets Pebble Stuck in His Ear After Playing in an Indoor Playground
On 17 Sep, a netizen posted an alarming Facebook post. He claimed that a pebble was stuck in his 6-year-old son’s ear after they visited an indoor playground in Singapore.
Apparently, that indoor playground had a pebble area with pebbles small enough to penetrate a child’s ear. That area also contains a mini play kitchen with other toys.
Unable to retrieve the foreign object, the netizen took his child to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). He allegedly spent around S$1,000 in the hospital to safely retrieve the object from his son’s ear.
In the Facebook post, he blatantly stated that the pebble area in the indoor playground is not suitable for kids. That traumatising first visit will also be his last visit.
Despite the uproar online, the owner of the indoor playground was only notified of this incident through the netizen’s viral Facebook post. The netizen did not inform the management of the indoor playground.
The owner claims that such incidents are rare, thus he hoped that the affected family would contact the playground so that he can understand more about the incident.
That Facebook post has since been taken down.
Similar Incident Happened Before
About two years ago, a similar incident occurred. Merlyn Tok took her daughters to an indoor playground at Northpoint City.
After her elder daughter complained of an itch in her ear, they discovered a plastic bead stuck in it. What’s worst is that her younger child had three beads stuck in her ears too.
Both daughters were brought to the Accident & Emergency department but nothing could be done. Thus, they went to the Ear, Nose & Throat specialist instead.
After an excruciating wait, the beads were finally removed from her daughters’ ears.
The management acknowledged the safety hazard in 2019 and swapped their pebbles for bigger ones to prevent such incidents.
The owner urged parents to remind their children not to put foreign objects in their mouth, ears or nose. A notice has also been placed to remind parents to accompany kids of age five and below at all times.
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