Overview
- Five people from the Metro South region presented to Logan and Princess Alexandra hospitals over the past week with symptoms consistent with brodifacoum exposure, which tests confirmed.
- Queensland Health has opened an investigation and is working with food-safety regulators to trace the source, with no point source identified to date.
- Authorities are examining reports of a possible fast‑food link in Logan, but any connection remains unconfirmed.
- All five patients are receiving treatment and are expected to recover, with vitamin K used as the antidote for brodifacoum’s anticoagulant effects.
- Officials urged anyone with unexplained bleeding to seek medical care, and said the broader community should not be alarmed at this stage.