Paramedics take man bitten by snake in Frenchville to Rockhampton Hospital

A man in his 40s had to be taken to Rockhampton Hospital after he was bitten by a snake at night.

Paramedics had to take a man in his 40s to Rockhampton Hospital after he was bitten by a snake just after midnight on Saturday.Queensland Ambulance Service said the bite occurred at a Frenchville home on February 2. (AAP Image/Richard Walker)

Paramedics had to take a man in his 40s to Rockhampton Hospital after he was bitten by a snake just after midnight on Saturday.

Queensland Ambulance Service said the bite occurred at a Frenchville home on February 2.

It follows numerous snake bites across Central Queensland during the school holidays.

A young boy was taken to Rockhampton Hospital after he was bitten at a Berserker home at almost the same time, 11.36pm, in early January, while two women were bitten by snakes just last weekend in the Gladstone region.

Tragically, a 16-year-old boy died after being bitten by a brown snake late last year.

Beau Horan was bitten by a brown snake on the foot on Monday, November 25 at his family home in Wurdong Heights, south of Gladstone.

Beau’s mother, Bek Eddy, said he mistook the bite for a scratch.

He was rushed to Gladstone Hospital and was later flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, where he tragically passed away.

Originally published as Paramedics take man bitten by snake in Frenchville to Rockhampton Hospital