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A fourth baby within the area of two days has been flown to hospital from Fraser Island struggling suspected Irukandji jellyfish stings.
The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter flew the younger boy from Okay’gari (Fraser Island) after he was stung on the higher leg simply after 2.30pm on Wednesday.
He was swimming in a preferred creek on the western aspect of the island, the identical location the place three younger women have been stung on Tuesday.
The boy was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital in a secure situation.
A younger feminine holidaymaker was flown from the identical location after she was suspected to have been stung on the higher chest by an Irukandji about 11am on Tuesday.
She was in a secure situation when she was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital.
About an hour later, two sisters aged 5 and 9 have been enjoying within the water on the identical creek once they each suffered stings to the higher physique.
Queensland Ambulance paramedics handled them on the scene, earlier than they have been airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital in a secure situation.
The Irukandji jellyfish is a small, extraordinarily venomous species of field jellyfish about two centimeters in diameter, making it troublesome to note within the water.
Signs of being stung embody capturing pains within the muscle groups, chest and stomach; nausea; vomiting and respiratory difficulties.
-AAP
