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The cameras captured the koala, an Australian native
marsupial, strolling through the doors of the emergency
department of the Hamilton Base Hospital in regional Victoria
state. It then wandered back out again when it triggered the
electronic doors.
"We think this little chap has come from the park across the
road," Brigid Kelly, the hospital's community liaison officer,
told Reuters.
The nonchalant koala's meanderings were reported by the BBC and
quickly became a social media hit.
Kelly said it was the first time the hospital had received such
a visit. "Even the 'likes' and comments on Facebook have blown
us away," she said.
One Facebook user in the United States huffed: "If it were in
the States, it'd be charged $500 for just walking in the door."
(Reporting by Pauline Askin; Editing by Paul Tait)
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