Hong Kong has now reported six children ill:
Hong Kong Reports Sixth Child With Kidney Stones After Drinking Tainted Milk
Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 12:00 CDT
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)
[Xinhua: “HK Reports Sixth Children With Kidney Stones After Drinking Tainted Milk”]
HONG KONG, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) – Hong Kong health authorities said Friday that a 10-year-old boy had suffered from kidney stones after drinking melamine tainted milk products.
The new case brings to six the total number of children with milk- related kidney stones in Hong Kong.
The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of Hong Kong said in a statement that the boy living in Yau Ma Tei had consumed three to four packs (250 milliliter/pack) of “Yili” brand high calcium low fat milk beverage daily for the past six years.
As there were changes in his urinary frequency, his parents took him to the Kwong Wah Hospital for medical checkup on Oct. 6. Two renal stones were found in his right kidney.
The centre said that the boy is now under treatment and no hospitalization is required.
The product concerned was earlier found by the Centre for Food Safety of Hong Kong to have been adulterated with melamine, a chemical that could cause kidney stones leading to renal failure.
Originally published by Xinhua news agency, Beijing, in English 1413 10 Oct 08.
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Source: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
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