Six children on life support at Dublin hospital after e-scooter accidents; doctors call for ban
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Samantha Libreri
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Six children have been placed on life support at Children's Health Ireland, Temple Street hospital in the past fortnight due to traumatic brain injuries sustained in e-scooter accidents. Doctors report an unprecedented rate of serious brain injuries in children, describing the situation as an epidemic that is out of control. Medical professionals are calling for a total ban on e-scooter use. Four of the six children remain on life support.
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· 3 pulledSix children have been put on life support in the past fortnight in Children's Health Ireland, Temple Street because of injuries they have sustained on e-scooters.
Doctors at the Dublin hospital say the rate of serious brain injuries they are seeing in children is unprecedented, describing it as an epidemic that is out of control.
They have called for a total ban on e-scooter use.
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