"A heartbroken Gold Coast family has said goodbye to a six-year-old boy who had his life support turned off five days after an alleged mishap with a toy sold at Sea World theme park.
Deklan Babington-MacDonald had been in intensive care since ANZAC Day after he was critically injured playing with a plush penguin attached to a leash with a stiff pole in it.
On Friday, close family and friends gathered in a room at Queensland Children’s Hospital where the brave six-year-old and only child’s life support was withdrawn.
Extended family confirmed Deklan’s passing on Monday.
“Please respect the families (sic) privacy and grief at this time,” they said in a statement.
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Family say he may have become caught in the leash after the pole came loose, with one relative saying the situation turned desperate very quickly.
“It broke and turned into basically a long rope with a loop on the end. In a very short amount of time Deklan became entangled,” cousin Lea Williams told NCA NewsWire."
the office of fair trading and ACCC are looking into it apparently- wouldnt it be suitable if they started getting stuck into the poor quality of Chinese toys!
Now I posted some details about the above a few days ago -not one comment!!!
And how much time has been spent posting comments on Hot Copper about a young woman who got drunk and cant remember what happened to her in Parliament House? - Yes, its a an issue and very unfortunate for her, but Society has all its priorities wrong!! The so called lwnj's that hyperventilated about Brittany, are silent about this ( and yes the so called Right wingers are too!).
Even this whilst tragic, pales into insignificance when compared to the horrific loss of life (app 70) and the large number of abuse cases (700 odd) in "so called" "child protection" ( sic!) in Victoira in a twelve month period!! Where are all the lefties and media screaming about this??
