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Hannah Walsh and Lillian Watkins

One-year-old Mackay girl wakes from coma after surgery to remove button battery in throat

Amity Buchanan swallowed a button battery on Monday and was in an induced coma for two nights. (Supplied: Daniel Buchanan)

They have been labelled a tiny "killer" in households across the country, yet they are still made and sold every day. 

Button batteries hit the headlines this week after a one-year-old girl spent two nights in an induced coma after having a burning button battery lodged in her oesophagus for more than 28 hours.

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