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Snake bite victims are endangering medical staff by bringing the reptiles with them to hospital, doctors say.
In Queensland's Wide Bay region, doctors have come face to face with some of the world's most venomous snakes captured by patients believing it'll help with identification and treatment.
In one case earlier this month, emergency staff at Bundaberg Hospital, four hours north of Brisbane, were handed a plastic food container with a small eastern brown snake inside peering back at them.
The incident has prompted the hospital's director of emergency medicine, Adam Michael, to warn patients to leave snakes alone.
www.abc.net.au
In Queensland's Wide Bay region, doctors have come face to face with some of the world's most venomous snakes captured by patients believing it'll help with identification and treatment.
In one case earlier this month, emergency staff at Bundaberg Hospital, four hours north of Brisbane, were handed a plastic food container with a small eastern brown snake inside peering back at them.
The incident has prompted the hospital's director of emergency medicine, Adam Michael, to warn patients to leave snakes alone.
Venomous snake brought into hospital in lunchbox prompts plea from doctors — 'please don't do this'
Hospital staff came face-to-face with one of the world's most deadly snakes after a patient brought it to the emergency department in a snap-lock lunch container.
www.abc.net.au
