Baby survives monitor lizard attack
Published on: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
ROMPIN: An 8-month-old baby girl suffered serious injuries after a monitor lizard attacked her at a resort workers' quarters in Pulau Tioman, Tuesday.The victim's mother heard a loud noise in the kitchen at about 10am and upon checking, was shocked to find a monitor lizard, the size of a goat (inset) clawing her child's head.She chased away the monitor lizard which disappeared into the undergrowth.
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The woman then rushed the girl to Kampung Tekek Health clinic before she was taken to Mersing Hospital for treatment. The baby was later transferred for observation at the Sultan Ismail hospital in Johor Baru.