'Please pray for us': Potentially deadly brown snake bites Darling Downs man several times

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Roger Taylor remains unconscious in a Brisbane hospital after he was bitten by a venomous brown snake while moving bird netting.

A Darling Downs man is in a critical condition in a Brisbane hospital after he was bitten by a venomous brown snake on a property at Vale View, south-west of Toowoomba.He has undergone surgery to relieve pressure on his brainRoger Taylor, whose wife Carol Taylor is the Toowoomba Regional Council's Deputy Mayor, was bitten by the potentially deadly snake while moving bird netting on Friday night.Carol Taylor said the snake she later found was more than a metre long.

The 76-year-old then drove 30 minutes to Toowoomba to attend a friend's birthday dinner where he collapsed and hit his head.

 

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Why don't you all go and troll someone else and think about deleting your comments.

Prayers don't do shit.

This is a job for TheLiarFromTheShire

Medicine might save him. Prayers are useless and probably detrimental.

Wait, so he hit his head when he collapsed and that’s why he’s in hospital? Or does the venom cause trauma to the brain?

God bless him.🤲

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