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Sink smashes and injures boy, 11, after he leans on it
Published on Sep 21, 2011
By Kimberly Spykerman
The porcelain sink at his grandmother's flat gave way when Muhammad Shafiq (with his mother Shuhaila Subari) leaned on it to brush his teeth. He fell onto shards of porcelain, one of which left a deep wound in his back. He underwent surgery to close the wound. -- PHOTOS: SHUHAILA SUBARI, BERITA HARIAN
An 11-year-old boy was in and out of hospital over more than two weeks - all because he leaned on a sink.
Muhammad Shafiq Noor Hasrin, a Primary 5 pupil at East View Primary School, fell on shards of porcelain after part of the sink gave way and shattered while he was brushing his teeth.
The incident happened at his grandmother's flat on Sept 2, three days after Hari Raya. He was finally discharged from hospital on Monday.
Muhammad Shafiq fell in a sitting position, and a shard of porcelain gouged a deep hole in his lower back. 'I could feel my skin hanging out... and I was very scared when I saw the blood. It was very painful,' he told The Straits Times at his home in Tampines last night.
Published on Sep 21, 2011
By Kimberly Spykerman
The porcelain sink at his grandmother's flat gave way when Muhammad Shafiq (with his mother Shuhaila Subari) leaned on it to brush his teeth. He fell onto shards of porcelain, one of which left a deep wound in his back. He underwent surgery to close the wound. -- PHOTOS: SHUHAILA SUBARI, BERITA HARIAN
An 11-year-old boy was in and out of hospital over more than two weeks - all because he leaned on a sink.
Muhammad Shafiq Noor Hasrin, a Primary 5 pupil at East View Primary School, fell on shards of porcelain after part of the sink gave way and shattered while he was brushing his teeth.
The incident happened at his grandmother's flat on Sept 2, three days after Hari Raya. He was finally discharged from hospital on Monday.
Muhammad Shafiq fell in a sitting position, and a shard of porcelain gouged a deep hole in his lower back. 'I could feel my skin hanging out... and I was very scared when I saw the blood. It was very painful,' he told The Straits Times at his home in Tampines last night.
