Thrifty teenager swallows 80 tablets
(China Daily)
Updated: 2004-02-20 16:15

A 13-year-old girl seemed to have taken the saying "waste not, want not" literally to heart - and almost lost her life taking too much medicine last Saturday in Suyu County, Jiangsu Province, reports Yangtze Evening News.

When Li accidentally spilt water in a container of 80 tablets, she thought it was wasteful to throw them away; so she swallowed all.

Her parents rushed Li to hospital and she is now out of danger.

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