PARAMEDICS came to the rescue of a small boy in Ukraine this week after he became stuck inside a washing machine while playing hide-and-seek.
The seven-year-old thought he had found the perfect hiding spot, but ended up becoming wedged inside the drum of the machine (pictured below) and spoilt the game by having to yell for help.
His family were unable to extricate him from the unusual predicament and called emergency services, with one smart firefighter coming up with the idea of covering him in sunflower oil.
As soon as he was lubed up the boy easily slipped out of the machine, with the rescuers praising him for shedding barely a tear during the ordeal.
Adverse drug reactions should be reported - but probably not in this way.
A methamphetamine addict in the USA has called emergency services to report on some odd effects from the drug she had just injected into herself.
According to court documents Margery Ann Dayrider told police officers arriving at her home "I do meth three times a day every day and have never had this reaction before" - just as they charged her with criminal possession of drugs.
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