05/02/2008
Orange Drink Holiday Toddler 'Stable' In Detergent Mix-Up
A British toddler has been rushed to hospital while on holiday in Cyprus, after her drink was mistakenly mixed with dishwater detergent.
Two-year-old Annabel Rhodes was taken to hospital from the Curium Palace hotel in Limassol after she swallowed the fluid on Saturday. The youngster is described as being in a critical but stable condition but breathing through a respirator, said staff at Makarios hospital in Nicosia.
Police said her father had ordered diluted orange juice, but a barman had used cleaning fluid instead of water. They said it appeared the barman used a refilled water bottle containing the colourless, odourless cleaning fluid. Its ingredients included nitric acid, which is highly corrosive and can cause burns.
Her 55-year-old father, who had also tried the drink, had received first-aid treatment and been discharged, police added.
A spokesman for the family, speaking from the hospital, said: "This is a very emotional time for them and an intensely personal matter. They would like their privacy respected."
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Two-year-old Annabel Rhodes was taken to hospital from the Curium Palace hotel in Limassol after she swallowed the fluid on Saturday. The youngster is described as being in a critical but stable condition but breathing through a respirator, said staff at Makarios hospital in Nicosia.
Police said her father had ordered diluted orange juice, but a barman had used cleaning fluid instead of water. They said it appeared the barman used a refilled water bottle containing the colourless, odourless cleaning fluid. Its ingredients included nitric acid, which is highly corrosive and can cause burns.
Her 55-year-old father, who had also tried the drink, had received first-aid treatment and been discharged, police added.
A spokesman for the family, speaking from the hospital, said: "This is a very emotional time for them and an intensely personal matter. They would like their privacy respected."
(GC)
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