From: Ian blenkharn@ianblenkharn.com
Category: News & information
Date: 05 Sep 2009
Time: 13:09:16 +0200
Remote Name: 86.133.193.82
"A FIVE-year-old boy was stabbed by a discarded junkie's syringe as he played in a Sheffield park.
"Shocked mum Kathryn Galloway rushed her son Kassius to Sheffield Children's Hospital where he was tested for Hepatitis B and other infections, including HIV.
"Kathryn said her sister Susan Mate, Malachi's mum, called Sheffield Council's park services who inspected the area where Kassius found the needle and also found razor blades and shards of glass from broken bottles
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Boy-5-stabbed-by-park.5608505.jp
Yet another sad, if predicable, news report. Let us hope the boy will be OK. The news report mentions en passant that the needle was 'hidden' in long grass and that area have deliberately not been mowed as part of the cost saving initiative, response to warmer weather and a trend toward more natural open spaces.
Clearly, if this is the outcome such measures may have to be reconsidered.