10-year-old becomes youngest child drunk
A 10-year-old child has become the youngest person treated for alcohol poisoning after drinking him or herself into a coma, the Telegraaf reports on Wednesday.
The child was hospitalised last week. Previously, the youngest child who became comatose through drink was aged 12.
Last year 682 children were treated in hospital for alcohol poisoning, a 37% increase on 2009.
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