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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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December 16, 2008
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Food safety
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2 boys treated for renal stones
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Centre for Food Safety

Two boys aged two and three have been found to have renal stones suspected to be related to the consumption of melamine-tainted milk products.

 

Both have been discharged from Princess Margaret Hospital and are stable, the Centre for Health Protection said today.

 

The two-year-old lives in Tse Wan Shan and consumed milk products bought from the Mainland for 15 months. He was taken to Kwong Wah Hospital for assessment and a renal stone was found in his right kidney. He was hospitalised November 7 and discharged three days later.

 

The other boy is a Mainlander who consumed similar milk products for 18 months. His parents took him to United Christian Hospital for assessment and a renal stone was found in his left kidney. He was hospitalised October 31 and discharged November 8.

 

The two cases are the 12th and 13th reported to the centre.