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Four surgeries for Gauteng boy who swallowed magnetic balls - Juta MedicalBrief

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A nine-year-old boy from Germiston is finally out of the woods after his fourth surgery since accidentally swallowing three sensory magnetic balls last May, the start of a medical nightmare for his family, reports News24. The magnets had travelled to Theunis Rossouw's intestines and colon, causing holes to form and allowing fluid from his colon to leak into his abdomen. In the past eight months, said his mother Tanya Rossouw, the family has been…
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Medical Brief broke the news in on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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