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Dari k t IIndonesia
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 An astonishing photo essay by Marc Koska
I had
h d th
the opportunity
t it tot visit
i it a school
h l during
d i breaktime
b kti iin IIndonesia
d i

This man sold toys to the kids during breaks.

Mainly cheap plastic toys and this was his full time job.
Alongside the plastic tractors etc. , were normal disposable syringe
 These ssyringe
ringe were
ere one of his pop
popular
lar lines
and he sold a few each day and about 300 a month
I watched the kids fill each syringe with water
They get a handful of them ready in one go ……
And on the count of “three”,, the kids open
p fire at each other.
Also I saw the kids “dringking” from the syringe by squirting
them into their mouth.
Suspicious, I asked the toy seller where he got his supplies, and he said,
“Th wholesaler
“The h l l ! “Whi
“Whichh one? ? A medical
di l Wh
Wholesaler?”
l l ?” I asked
k d
“ No. The toy wholesaler, “ he replied and took us there.
When we arrived the first thing I saw were syringes, laid out to dry in the heat.
I feared the worst and on closer inspection I saw these were used syringes,
being washed for re-use toys. Kids were helping their mother
by moving them around so they could dry faster.
In there syringe, you can see traces of dirty liquid left in them, which could be a
mixture
i t f
from what
h t was ini them
th after
ft medical
di l use and d the
th washing
hi liquid
li id used
d tto
“clean” them. In the pile were syringes of the normal type and new generation
AUTO DISABLE (AD) syringe.
y g can only
These AD syringe y be used once for g giving
g one injection.
j I asked the
owner, what she did with AS syringe. She replied , “Oh those are useless and
no good for toys, as they break!, I can not sell those !”.
The standard but used syringes are displayed in the wholesalers alongside toys
toys.
This is the lady selling me packs of these syringe at a price of approx. 1 cent $
each. In the playground they are Sold to the kids for 5 cent $ each.
After explaining the problems associated with her handling medical devices waste
waste,
and demonstrating the purpose Of an AD syringe , she vowed to cease trading in
Syringe completely.
Washing
g Disposable
p Syringes
y g to be sold again.
g
India
source: www.safetysyringe.com