Faridabad, Aug. 29 -- A three-year-old boy and his four-year-old sister suffered life-threatening internal tears after swallowing toy magnets purchased online. Doctors in Haryana's Faridabad performed two marathon surgeries within 48 hours, saving both siblings.

In an unusual medical emergency, doctors treated two siblings, aged three and four, who suffered severe tears and injuries in their stomach and intestines after swallowing small toy magnets purchased online from a leading children's toy brand. The children were admitted on August 12 and 13, both requiring major surgery to survive.

"The three-year-old boy, Pragyan, was brought in with violent abdominal pain and continuous vomiting. Scans showed multiple foreign objects lodged in ...