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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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A Gladstone State High School student was taken to hospital on Tuesday afternoon after they suffered a laceration to their arm in a woodworking incident.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to a location on the Dawson Highway at 1.21pm. Paramedics transported a student to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition suffering a laceration to the arm following a woodwork incident.
Initial reports indicated a 13-year-old student had cut their arm in a woodwork class.
“Paramedics transported one patient to Gladstone Hospital in a stable condition,” the Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said.
On Tuesday afternoon, a Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service spokeswoman said the 13-year-old boy remained in hospital in a stable condition.