Spider-infested hospital closed for fumigation

A small Australian hospital has been forced to close temporarily due to an infestation of poisonous redback spiders.

Spider-infested hospital closed for fumigation

A small Australian hospital has been forced to close temporarily due to an infestation of poisonous redback spiders.

Warm weather has made the spiders move from the ceilings into the main section of the hospital, in the town of Baralaba about 199 miles northwest of Brisbane.

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