WORLD BRIEFING / AUSTRALIA
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A pack of mice mauled a bedridden 89-year-old man at an Australian nursing home, shredding parts of his ears and prompting the government to launch an investigation.
Federal Minister for Aging Justine Elliot ordered the probe, saying in a statement that the attack was “extremely disturbing and traumatic for residents and their families.”
Ray Hopper, a state opposition legislator who was alerted to the mauling by the man’s family this week, said the resident was found covered in blood by nursing staff last weekend.
“His hands were covered in blood when they found him; he’d obviously been so distressed trying to get the mice away.”
Hopper accused health officials of being slow to respond to a mouse infestation at Dalby Hospital, where Karingal Nursing Home is located.
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