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Hong Kong hospital alarmed at rise in children injuring feet while riding illegally on bikes

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Doctors at North District Hospital in Sheung Shui are worried about a rise in the number of children wedging their feet between the back wheel spokes of bikes and motorcycles. There have already been four such cases there this year, compared with an annual average of 1.8. Injured children could potentially suffer deformed feet for life. From 1999 to 2012, the hospital reported a total of 24 children under the age of 11 who were injured in such accidents. Although it is illegal to ride a bike...

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