Calls for stricter mandatory safety standards for sale of button batteries

By Lucy Cormack
Updated May 31 2016 - 6:13am, first published 5:10am
Francesca Lever with her son Leo, who has made a full recovery after damaging his osephagus when he swallowed a button battery. Photo: Steven Siewert
Francesca Lever with her son Leo, who has made a full recovery after damaging his osephagus when he swallowed a button battery. Photo: Steven Siewert
The x-ray showing a lithium button battery in Leo's oesophagus. Photo: Supplied
The x-ray showing a lithium button battery in Leo's oesophagus. Photo: Supplied
Nine-month old Leo was on a feeding tube for a number of weeks and suffered respiratory problems in the year after he swallowed a button battery. Photo: Supplied
Nine-month old Leo was on a feeding tube for a number of weeks and suffered respiratory problems in the year after he swallowed a button battery. Photo: Supplied

It took six days and three hospital visits before an X-ray realised Francesca Lever's worst nightmare.

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