'Curious' Koala Wanders Into A Victorian Hospital For A Late Night Stroll

This visitor does not seem to have a fatal injury that required immediate entry into the emergency department of the hospital. However, a little koala seemed to have just come for a late night stroll at the emergency department Hamilton Base Hospital in western Victoria.

The animal reportedly got into the hospital through the automatic door to hop into the waiting room of the emergency department. The marsupial looked around the room and took a stroll before marching back outside. The incident happened around 2:30 am on April 20.

According to the Rohan Fitzgerald, the hospital's chief executive, the koala seemed to know exactly what it was doing, and seemed quite casual in behaviour. "Normally we don't have people come into our emergency department that are less than a foot tall," exclaimed Rohan.

After the incident, the little stroller has been named “Blinky Bill,” after the name of the fictional character created by Dorothy Wall, a New Zealand-born Aussie author. "You never know who's going to stroll through the doors at the Hamilton Base Hospital. Our very own Blinky Bill pays a visit to the emergency department waiting room," said a hospital spokesperson, reported 9news.com.au.

The footage of the little marsupial wandering into the hospital was recently released on the Facebook page for the Western District Health Service. The video has reportedly been viewed for over 22,000 times now.

According to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, koalas have been classified as a vulnerable animal since 2012. The Australian Koala Association estimates that there are only 80,000 Australian icons left wandering around. According to the nonprofit Save the Koalas, these are completely harmless creatures that "live in our backyards and it's up to us to keep them alive and healthy in the bush.”

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