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Health News Digest: It’s A Dangerous World

Tina Carmillia | Juliet Jacobs

30-Oct-17 16:00

Health News Digest: It’s A Dangerous World

We bring the latest in health news. Choking hazards, a killer soba meal and deadly furniture - just three of the many things that could harm your child. Juliet Jacobs and Tina Carmillia discuss these news headlines and hear from the experts - including Consultant Allergist and Immunologist Dr Kent Woo Chee Keen, Consultant ENT Surgeon Dr Rahmat Omar, and Consultant Paediatrician Prof Datuk Dr Zulkifli Ismail - about making childhood safer in this big, scary, dangerous world.

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0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Toy tumour (Source: CNN)

10:10 - Fatal soba (Source: Straits Times)

22:49 - Killer furniture (Source: Washington Post)

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek and Tina Carmillia

Presented by: Tina Carmillia and Juliet Jacobs


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