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Three-year-old treated for alcoholism
A three-year-old child in Britain has been treated in hospital for alcoholism.
The child, believe to have been given alcohol regularly over a period of six months.
Health managers would not give details of the child's condition citing patient confidentiality, but the child is thought to be the country's youngest alcoholic, the Press Association reports.
"We treat alcohol abuse very seriously and have specialist teams and experts on hand who are there to treat young patients with alcohol-related problems," a spokeswoman for the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust said.
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act showed that the trust, which runs hospitals in Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull, treated more than 70 children for alcohol abuse between 2008 and 2010.
The minors, between the ages of 13 to 16, were admitted for alcohol-related emergency treatment, and a further 106 teenagers were treated for addiction to alcohol during the same period.
Chris Sore, from the alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, said under-age drinking needed to be tackled more than ever.
"Any child requiring hospital treatment for alcohol-related illness is a cause for great concern — not just because of the short-term risks associated with under-age drinking such as accidents, but also the long-term risks such as disrupted brain development."
I hope the 3 y.o's parents would no longer have custody of this boy.
A three-year-old child in Britain has been treated in hospital for alcoholism.
The child, believe to have been given alcohol regularly over a period of six months.
Health managers would not give details of the child's condition citing patient confidentiality, but the child is thought to be the country's youngest alcoholic, the Press Association reports.
"We treat alcohol abuse very seriously and have specialist teams and experts on hand who are there to treat young patients with alcohol-related problems," a spokeswoman for the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust said.
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act showed that the trust, which runs hospitals in Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull, treated more than 70 children for alcohol abuse between 2008 and 2010.
The minors, between the ages of 13 to 16, were admitted for alcohol-related emergency treatment, and a further 106 teenagers were treated for addiction to alcohol during the same period.
Chris Sore, from the alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, said under-age drinking needed to be tackled more than ever.
"Any child requiring hospital treatment for alcohol-related illness is a cause for great concern — not just because of the short-term risks associated with under-age drinking such as accidents, but also the long-term risks such as disrupted brain development."
I hope the 3 y.o's parents would no longer have custody of this boy.
