A Victorian tradie who suffered severe burns to 17 per cent of his body and spent 10 days in a coma has shared his story to warn others ahead the long weekend.
tradie who suffered severe burns to 17 per cent of his body and spent 10 days in a coma has shared his story to warn others ahead the long weekend.
Ryan Birse, 32, was burnt in his own backyard and was left with permanent scars after a night of drinks around a fire pit took a turn for the worse. "It's something that you never think that's gonna happen to you." "We noticed a pattern in our clinical practice that, as the public holiday weekends came around," Goldie said.Dr Stephen Goldie from the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne said medical experts have been left troubled by the number of men who are injured by petrol-related burns. Burns specialists at the Alfred said the majority of incidents occur in social settings and most are preventable.
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