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Paul Harker obituary
As Dorset’s director of public health, Paul Harker pioneered programmes to reduce smoking, tackle obesity and prevent suicides among young men
As Dorset’s director of public health, Paul Harker pioneered programmes to reduce smoking, tackle obesity and prevent suicides among young men
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Fri 14 May 2021 13.18 EDT
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My father, Paul Harker, who has died aged 77 of pancreatic cancer, devoted his career to working for the National Health Service – championing community-based services to reduce health inequalities, first as a paediatrician, then as a director of public health.
Paul was born in London, son of Kenneth Harker, a solicitor, and his wife, Dorothy (nee Beacall). He attended Dulwich prep school and St John’s school, Leatherhead.
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A 12-year-old schoolboy has undergone life-saving surgery after he deliberately swallowed 54 toy magnets as part of an experiment .
Rhiley Morrison, from Prestwich, Greater Manchester, ate the magnetic balls across two separate occasions to see if they would make metal objects stick to his stomach - as well as being curious about what they would look like when he passed them.
But when the metal balls had still not appeared four days later he told to his mother Paige Ward, 30, that he had swallowed two by accident .
She rushed him to hospital where doctors carried out an x-ray and were stunned to discover 54 of the powerful magnet toys in his stomach and bowel.
Mum warns of danger magnet toys after daughter s emergency surgery
The four-year-old swallowed two of the magnetic balls which burn holes in intestines and bowels
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Hayley s daughter had emergency surgery to remove the magnets (Image: Hayley Thake)
A mum is warning other parents about the danger of magnet toys after her daughter needed an emergency operation to remove them.
Hayley Thake s four-year-old daughter accidentally swallowed two of the small magnet balls she had been playing with.
After seeing her little girl undergo surgery to have them removed from her bowel, Hayley has taken to Facebook to warn others of the dangers.