Paramedics treat snake bite patients in Bundaberg, Beaudesert, Toowoomba
Three Queenslanders aged between their 20s and 30s have been rushed to hospital following separate call outs across the state.
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Three people have been taken to hospital following snake bites in Queensland overnight.
A man in his 30s was bitten by a snake at a Bungadoo property about 8.05pm Friday and taken to Bundaberg hospital.
A woman in her 30s was bitten at a Beaudesert address about 10.35pm and taken to Logan hospital while a male in his 20s was bitten at a Wilsonton property about 7.18pm and taken to Toowoomba hospital.
All three were in a stable condition.
The string of bites follows a busy snake season for catchers across the state and come a week after a woman was bitten in her bed by a deadly eastern brown snake in the Western Downs.
She was sleeping when the snake struck her hand and flown to hospital.
The week before, another woman was taken to Kingaroy hospital following a suspected snake bite at a private address at Wooroonden on Saturday, January 6 and on the Tuesday of that same week, a woman in her 30s was bitten on her foot at about 8.30pm at K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) and treated by paramedics before being transported to the mainland in a stable condition.
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