US EditionMaroons and Kangaroos Cult Hero Fighting Life-Threatening Tropical Disease
QUEENSLAND, JUL 11 – Melioidosis has caused 236 cases and 36 deaths in northern Queensland this year, with Backo awaiting a heart device upgrade after battling the infection since April.
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Maroons and Kangaroos cult hero fighting life-threatening tropical disease
The former Queensland and Australia prop watched Wednesday’s Origin decider from an intensive care bed in Cairns where he is fighting a potentially life-threatening tropical infection.
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Footy legend Sam Backo is unrecognisable in intensive care as he battles life-threatening tropical disease that has killed 34 Aussies this year alone
Footy legend Sam Backo is in the fight of his life in hospital after being diagnosed with melioidosis earlier this year. The tropical disease has killed 34 Aussies this year – and the cult-hero prop, who played seven matches for Queensland – watched Wednesday’s Origin decider from the intensive care unit at Cairns Hospital. ‘I’m very grateful for my wife, who’s been beside me through this journey…(and) all my family that have been praying for me…
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