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Dr. Hazel Shillingford-Ricketts Pleas to Parents to Stop Buying Pellet or BB guns for Their Children

Ophthalmologist Dr. Hazel Shillingford-Ricketts is continuing her plea to parents to refrain from buying pellet or BB guns for their children. She says yet another child has been treated at the Princess Margaret Hospital for pellet gun injury to the eye, bringing the total to eight reported cases so far for the Christmas season.

Dr. Shillingford-Ricketts says the public needs to understand the extent of damage one can obtain from eye injuries and the financial costs incurred to treat an injured eye.

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