Heart surgery for boy in fall
A 13-year-old boy who fell through a greenhouse was given open- heart surgery at the scene of the accident in Putney, south-west London, yesterday after a sliver of glass penetrated his heart.
The child was later in a "very serious condition" after being flown by helicopter to the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
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