Australian teen disabled for life after swallowing slug on a dare
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The NDS is a new scheme to administer care to chronically ill people. His problem is obviously the cost of 24 hour care, which is astronomical here. They may be doubting with that aspect is essential. He will still be entitled to all medical care in hospitals and probably gets a disability pension. But yes, it is a very sad story.
In their study, which was published in PLoS ONE, the researchers tested rats and snails from 18 counties around the state. Samples from Hillsborough, Orange, Alachua, St. Johns and Leon all tested positive for the parasite.
Hmmm...it sounds like anyone exposed to rat feces might get this.
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