However, the boy suffered a hypoxic brain injury, from which he died six days later in the hospital.
The medical expert said: the helium from the balloon displaced the oxygen from the little boy’s lungs, which eventually caused the fatal brain injury
This was not the first such tragedy, with several children having died playing with balloons and either pulling them on their heads or swallowing them, so the coroner looking into the case would like to draw the attention of Newcastle City Council’s public health department to take action on the balloons reported because of danger.
He added that he hopes that the press will help draw attention to the risks of helium balloons, that small children should not be left alone with them, because they are dangerous
– writes a Mirror following that Origin.
