A child has been hospitalised after he was bitten by a snake in Brisbane, quickly after one other baby was additionally bitten, in two separate incidents throughout Queensland in a single day.
Queensland Ambulance Service had been referred to as to a child boy bitten by a snake at a home in Calamvale, in Brisbane’s south, about 7.58pm on Thursday.
The child, whose precise age is unknown, was rushed to Queensland Children’s Hospital.
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QAS mentioned he was in a secure situation.
An hour earlier, paramedics had been referred to as to experiences a boy in his early-to-mid teenagers had been bitten by a snake at home in Calliope close to Gladstone about 6.32pm.
The boy was taken to Gladstone Hospital in a secure situation.
Earlier this week, Townsville father Jerromy Brookes, 47, died after he was bitten a number of occasions by a snake he was trying to take away from a childcare centre.
Investigations into Brooke’s dying are nonetheless underway.