Boy left with battery in throat for nine days receives apologies from HSE and doctor
Aaron Sikorski, aged one at the time, not sent for X-ray despite mother’s concerns and visits to GP and hospital ED
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Aaron Sikorski, aged one at the time, not sent for X-ray despite mother’s concerns and visits to GP and hospital ED
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