baby's spine corroded causing his 'head to almost fall off' after he swallowed a lithium battery which the hospital assumed was a shirt button - lithium iron battery

A distraught family claims that after a "serious delay" in the two hospitals and taking the button battery out of the four hospitals, their children have walking problems for the rest of their livesmonth old.
The precious little Oscar, who developed cough and difficulty breathing in 2010, came from northern Queensland, claiming that doctors at Cairns Base Hospital had mistaken a centimeter-long battery on his spine for a shirt button.
His parents believe
The time to remove the small round battery was delayed by an hour, causing the baby to spend eight months in a full timebody cast.
Now that he's five years old, Oscar can walk, but since he can't lift his head completely, he will be severely restricted for the rest of his life.
Rolling down videoOscar Colin's father took him to see a doctor on April 20 and was called the Mosman Hospital on 2010 for X-
The reason why he had difficulty breathing.
Oscar was taken to Cairns Hospital by ambulance because his condition deteriorated when the doctor looked at the X-film
Then Ray asked Colin if his son had a shirt with a button.
After more than 15 hours, after the small round battery was finally taken out, the little guy was taken home, but the next day, when he began to bubble in his mouth, he returned to the hospital.
Four weeks later, when Oscar returned to the hospital, Colin said his son was "on the verge of death" and that his head had almost fallen off due to severe damage to his three spine.
The scan showed the battery had corroded Oscar's spine.
The sick child was put in a coma and taken to the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane where he was taken
Body Casting for eight months
His parents claimed that it was a major delay for doctors to find Oscar's three spine so badly damaged that they had collapsed.
Colin, who believes that his other toddler may have provided a battery to Oscar, said it was a miracle that his son survived and that he will now suffer forever.
Lawyer Shine filed a legal action on behalf of the family because they failed to identify and remove the button battery in a timely manner to prevent the child from suffering serious and permanent injuries.
Bill King, head of the medical negligence department, said the legal action was based on allegations that the hospital failed to identify the button battery on the chest x-
Ray, mistake its appearance for a button on a children's costume.
Mr. King said that the child suffered severe spinal injury due to the failure of the hospital, which would make him disabled for life.
"The battery reacts with the child's saliva, causing serious tissue damage, including esophageal and cervical lesions;
The integration of his three discs greatly limited the scope of his activities.
Caroline Wagner, acting chief executive of Cairns and mainland hospitals and health services, said it was inappropriate to provide comments as the case was ongoing.
MS Wagner said that Cairns hospital regularly reviews the way we operate to ensure that we provide the most appropriate care for the community.
This is an investigation into four deaths earlier this month. year-
On 2013, the old Xia Steer on the Sunshine Coast heard that the young girl was taken to hospital three times before she found a button battery in her esophagus, but two hours later she died of heart failure.
Medical professionals need to be aware that if they fail to identify and respond to the intake of this dangerous foreign material, there may be a serious legal impact, Mr King said.