Baby dies in WA hospital of 'spider bite'

A two-month-old baby has died in Perth from a suspected spider bite.

An emergency department sign

Source: AAP

A two-month-old baby boy has died in Perth from a suspected spider bite.

The baby was flown from Geraldton to Perth for treatment after his parents found a spider bite on his hand but he died on Monday night, a relative said on Wednesday.

"Such a tragedy to hold your dying son in your arms," his aunt Kathleen Nelly wrote on a fundraising website set up to help the boy's family.


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