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Boy, 9, tested for HIV after pricking himself with needle at beach – Yahoo Lifestyle
The boy’s parents said he pulled his hand out of the sand at Boscombe beach in Bournemouth and ‘had a dirty syringe in his finger’.
The boy was playing in the sand when he was pricked by a discarded syringe. (PA)
A nine-year-old boy is awaiting test results for HIV after accidentally pricking himself with a discarded needle on Boscombe beach in Bournemouth.
Dan Spiller said his son Clayton pulled his hand out of the sand and had a dirty syringe in his finger and the father was gobsmacked by the response when he sought help.
Spiller initially sought the assistance of the councils beach ranger on the promenade, but the coun…
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