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The last thing a local man expected to happen when he presented to Gladstone Hospital was to step on an uncapped syringe.
But, unfortunately, he says that was the reality when he presented to the hospital in January as he couldnât get in to see his GP that day.
The man said after initially being seen by an Emergency Department nurse, he was later taken to a bed in the department for further tests.
This was where things started going âpear shapedâ, the man said.
âAs I was on diuretics a nurse had difficulty getting blood from me for testing,â the man, who declined to be named, said.
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Subscriber only The Chief Health Officer announced Thursday morning staff at aged care, disability accommodation, corrective services, prisons and hospitals would scan for visitors who had visited Greater Melbourne from January 29 onwards. Do not visit unless, of course, it is an end-of-life visit, Queensladn Health advised. The only exception there is of course people who are in quarantine - they won t be allowed to visit. All of that needs to now occur and all of that process is happening. The restrictions follow the discovery of a case of COVID-19 in a staff member in a Victorian quarantine hotel.
UPDATE: A toddler has drowned in a family pool in Central Queensland.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman confirmed the young girl died after being pulled from the pool at an Emerald home at 7.30pm on Thursday.
Paramedics were called to the home and the toddler was taken to Emerald Hospital in a critical condition.
The police spokesman said there were no suspicious circumstances and police would prepare a report for the coroner.
INITIAL 7.30AM: Central Queensland toddler is in a critical condition after almost drowning in a pool.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said paramedics were called to a home in Emerald just before 7.30pm on Thursday.
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THE Central Queensland Health tuberculosis unit is investigating whether a resident of a Rockhampton aged care facility has been exposed to the disease after a worker tested positive last month.
Director of Public Health Dr Gulam Khandaker said the CQ Health TB Unit had not identified any infectious TB cases related to that primary case, but a small number of staff members had evidence of latent TB (not infectious), most likely acquired overseas years ago.
CQ Health confirmed one resident of the facility had been identified with evidence of possible exposure, but that resident had no symptoms of tuberculosis and was not infectious.