Four people in three days flown from island with stings
Fraser Barton and Keira Jenkins |
Four people in three days have been taken to hospital after suffering jellyfish stings at a popular Queensland tourist spot.
They are all believed to have been stung by Irukandji, one of the world’s most venomous jellyfish.
A teenage girl was treated on Tuesday after being stung on the hand at Fraser Island, which has the Indigenous name K’gari.
A RACQ LifeFlight rescue helicopter landed on a beach on the western side of the island after 1pm, transporting the girl to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition accompanied by her mother.
The previous day the rescue helicopter landed on the same spot to treat a baby and a man for jellyfish stings, just hours apart.
The infant was on Monday taken to Hervey Bay hospital in a stable condition, accompanied by a parent.
Just two hours earlier, the helicopter arrived at the island to transport the man in his 20s to hospital.
On Sunday a girl who had been camping with her family on K’gari was stung by a jellyfish and airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital.
There have also been six dingo-related incidents on K’gari since December 10, including a man who was bitten on the leg on Monday.
AAP
