Via Itunu Azeez Kareem
February 1, 2024 | 7:27 PM
An eight-year-old boy often called Rhys Millum has misplaced his life after swallowing ten small magnets, probably influenced by a harmful TikTok craze. The magnets, a part of a toy set given to Rhys and his brother throughout a home clean-out, brought about a lethal row in his intestine. Rhys, described as a 'live-wire' and 'daredevil', had…
An eight-year-old boy often called Rhys Millum has misplaced his life after swallowing ten small magnets, probably influenced by a harmful TikTok craze.
The magnets, a part of a toy set given to Rhys and his brother throughout a home clean-out, brought about a lethal row in his intestine.
Rhys, described as a 'live-wire' and 'daredevil', had mentioned social media challenges along with his brother simply ten days earlier than the tragedy.
His mom, Andrea Boyd, revealed she noticed the magnets on TikTok throughout a “faux piercing problem.” The household found a video of Rhys discussing enhance social media profiles via daring stunts.
Sharing her perspective, Ms. Boyd stated, “We tried to brainstorm why he would put them in his mouth. Somebody talked about this TikTok factor and thought perhaps that's what it was. Richard had talked to me in regards to the balls. He purchased them for the boys to allow them to make sculptures out of them.”
Rhys' father, Richard Millum, expressed his son's affinity for the magnets, saying: 'There are fairly just a few of them, and they’re marketed as toys. Rhys was very sensible and cherished bodily board video games. He cherished these magnets. He was messing with them on a regular basis.”
The coroner recorded a conclusion of misadventure, emphasizing the necessity for consciousness of the hazards of magnets, particularly for kids. Mrs Catherine Cundy added: “This was a totally tragic sequence of occasions.
Rhys didn’t perceive the hazards of swallowing these magnets and didn’t inform anybody that he had swallowed them or hyperlink them to his signs.”
