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Redback plague closes hospital
Old 23-04-2008
Redback plague closes hospital - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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A small Central Queensland hospital has been forced to close because of an infestation of potentially deadly redback spiders.

Queensland Health says spiders were previously only found in the ceiling of the Baralaba Multi Purpose Health Service, but recent warm weather has provided them with a good breeding environment in the main section of the hospital.

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AM - Spiders invade Queensland hospital

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It sounds like the stuff of a b-grade horror movie: a small hospital is infested with potentially deadly redback spiders. But it's no joke or oddball script.

So bad is the infestation that the Baralaba Hospital in central Queensland is closing its doors and moving patients to another facility before someone gets hurt.

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