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E-Scooters Driving Brain Injuries In Children, Doctors Warn Ahead Of Christmas

The Royal College of Physicians is calling for urgent action as its members deal with the fall out of accidents involving children using them.

There's another pre-Christmas warning to parents not to buy e-scooters for their children.

The Royal College of Physicians is calling for urgent action as its members deal with the fall out of accidents involving children using them.

E-scooters are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury in children in Ireland.

Dr. Irwin Gill from the Faculty of Paediatrics says they're just too big for children to handle.

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