Bedridden pensioner eaten by mice

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Aussie war veteran's ears chewed by mouse

12:43PM Thursday Apr 30, 2009
Petrina Berry

BRISBANE - A bedridden war veteran was found on Anzac Day with bloody ears, hands, face and neck after being "severely chewed" by swarming mice at a southwest Queensland nursing home.

Opposition MP Ray Hopper said Queensland Health had been slow to respond to a mouse plague at the Dalby Hospital, which includes a nursing home, leading to the attack on the 89-year-old man.

The man's daughter said staff found her father bleeding from bites to his head, neck, ears and hands on Anzac Day, Mr Hopper said.

"The top of his ears were severely chewed and he had bites to his head and neck," Mr Hopper told AAP.

"His hands were covered in blood because he was trying to get the mice off him.

"We are talking about a health facility overrun by vermin. It's atrocious."

Mr Hopper said the man was so distressed that doctors had put him on morphine to calm him down.

"Here we have a man who has served his country and this is the thanks he gets," he said.

Mr Hopper said it was normal to see an increase in mice in Dalby and the Darling Downs at the onset of winter, and the problem was handled with chemical sprays.

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"But the bureaucrats said no sprays this year because it uses agricultural chemicals, and that's not allowed to happen at a health facility," he said.

"They are now baiting twice a day but it's too late."

Queensland Health has rostered on extra staff and pest control agents since the weekend to kill mice at the home.

Federal Ageing Minister Justine Elliott said she was disturbed by the report of the elderly man's ordeal, but there was no need to evacuate residents at the home.

"There has been action taken in terms of the eradication measures that are in place - we are closely monitoring it," Ms Elliott said.

"If we ever do find a situation where we do find it's required to evacuate people, we do that very, very swiftly. That's our main concern, but we are closely monitoring the situation."

- AAP

:eek::eek:

Local-womanizer

Ewww,old people....

Soby

Jesus poor fella

Galvasean

Pretty mad that it took a swarm of mice attacking someone for them to try and resolve the problem.

But let us not decend into hysteria; mouse attcaks are rare. You are more likely to be killed by a shark than a mouse.

Hazys

Old people taste like salted peanuts

phasers

We only know one side here, maybe the mice had a reason for attacking him.

Degsy

Mice wont attack people,even when they're dead.
Rats maybe but i call shenanigans on the story.

Duggy747

I smell a rat!

galwayrush

The mice could have had swine flu.:rolleyes:

galwayrush

Duggy747 wrote: »

I smell a rat!

Then you're way too close to it.;)

Podge2k7

I feel sorry for the ould lad.

vibe666

Hazys wrote: »

Old people taste like salted peanuts

peanuts soaked in stale piss.

Degsy wrote: »

Mice wont attack people,even when they're dead.
Rats maybe but i call shenanigans on the story.

maybe not european mice, but thems aussie mice, a totally different animal, probably with horns and fangs.

if you said a swarm of spiders attacked someone here and killed them, people wouldn't believe it, but they might in Oz. big nasty spiders (and mice)! :eek:

even their prawns are bleedin massive!

Soby

Id say he was a bit cheesed off..

Riddle101

I agree with Degsy, mice are not likely to attack people, they're the most harmless creature in the animal kingdom. Someone must have mistaken them for baby rats.

tony1kenobi

phasers wrote: »

We only know one side here, maybe the mice had a reason for attacking him.

They did. The guy was a veteran of the war on mice.

hop2it

and i thougth leeas cross nurseing home was bad

Sharpshooter

Podge2k7 wrote: »

I feel sorry for the ould lad.

Me too, I bet he's thankful it wasn't Mickey Mouse.

/not only will I get my coat, I will turn it inside out and pretend to be someone else..

A7X

Soby wrote: »

Id say he was a bit cheesed off..

I'd just like to bring this to everyone's attention again.

Gazza22

I lol'd

What misery. Surviving a war and then eaten alive by fcuking mice in a nursing home.

Rhyme

Soby wrote: »

Id say he was a bit cheesed off..

Nobody heard a squeak out of him for ages.

passive

Thread title is grossly misleading... He wasn't eaten, he was just nibbled a bit.

Sharpshooter

A7X wrote: »

I'd just like to bring this to everyone's attention again.

Soby wrote: »

Id say he was a bit cheesed off..

Are you paying fromage?

A7X

In all seriousness though... Change this forum to the pun forum

Sharpshooter

That would be Gouda.

A7X

I think its a Brie-liant idea tbh

Sharpshooter

I could get fondue.

A7X

Cheddar

ejmaztec

Perhaps they thought he was Mice Crispies.:pac: Snap, crackle and old pop.

javaboy

A7X wrote: »

In all seriousness though... Change this forum to the pun forum

I will in my swiss. Pun quota reached for this thread I think.

:mad:

The_Minister

Duggy747 wrote: »

I smell a rat!

Oh, be mice!

A7X

Moonbaby wrote: »

:mad:

Now that's someone who is cheesed off

Sharpshooter

javaboy wrote: »

I will in my swiss. Pun quota reached for this thread I think.

There's stiltons of puns left.:(
But I will stop.:mad:

A7X

Sharpshooter wrote: »

There's stiltons of puns left.:(
But I will stop.:mad:

Aye. There's a few easy, single pun's left.:)

javaboy

The stilton one was funny. Let's not ruin it.

thelordofcheese

vibe666 wrote: »

maybe not european mice, but thems aussie mice, a totally different animal, probably with horns and fangs.

Every creature in australia is designed to kill you, even the mice.

Especially the mice.

A7X

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Every creature in australia is designed to kill you, even the mice.

Especially the mice.

You must be in constant battle with the mice so.

thelordofcheese

A7X wrote: »

You must be in constant battle with the mice so.

Nah, a few years back i brokered a deal.
I give them old war veterans to feast on, they promise to never go for my eyes.


They lied.

Sharpshooter

That answer is full of holes.

Soby

\o/ look what i started:D

S.I.R

Soby wrote: »

\o/ look what i started:D

im looking for the answer but i can clearly tell your lips are sealed :pac:

Mr.Lizard

There is a lovely little ANZAC memorial park located in central Brisbane with statues of fallen heroes, carved inscriptions etc. I wonder now will they devote a corner of it to "veterans chewed by mice", perhaps with an iron sculpture of an old codger lying in bed proudly defending it from the evil rodent hun?

vibe666

police have released an artists impression of the perpetrators HERE.

0ubliette

EATEN BACK TO LIFE

stovelid

In fairness, he should have known the dangers of projecting an enticing urine and werther's originals aroma in the vicinity of rodents

johnny_knoxvile

The sky news ticker:

"they say they are the most savage duo since Bonnie & Clyde, today Mickey & Minnie were led away in handcuffs after mauling a pensioner to death"

kittenkiller

How was that place not closed down immediately!?
Jesus, I know the healthcare system over here isn't geat, but that's taking the p1ss!

I hope I manage to forget this before I go to bed later or there'll be nightmares!

omyatari

maybe he killed a mouses' father, and he should have prepared to die.

banshee_bones

Why doesnt the nursing home just get a few cats, that would sort out the mouse problem!

johnny_knoxvile

banshee_bones wrote: »

Why doesnt the nursing home just get a few cats, that would sort out the mouse problem!

you see they didnt tell the whole story on the news. The guy who was killed was covered in body chocolate, if it wasn't the mice it would have been one of the residents that took a bite out of him.

javaboy

Well hello there Mista Jingles.... wha.... agggghhhh ... gurgle.