A 32-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was stung by a scorpion while lying in bed.
Reaction Unit South Africa Verulam Operations Center received a call for medical assistance for the woman. Medics were dispatched to her residence on Fir Close in Trenance Park and upon arrival treated her for an allergic reaction suffered from the sting. He left arm was also swollen. She was transported to Mount Edgecombe Hospital for further medical attention.
It was established that the female was lying in bed when the scorpion stung her. She sprayed it with deodorant which eventually resulted in its death.
The scorpion was placed in a packet (picture 1) and handed over to medical staff at the hospital to establish the strain of poison it carried.
