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At the Start
More than 50 people were admitted to hospital after being struck by lightning in the past year and two people were injured by centipedes.
These are just some of the reasons people went to hospital as revealed on a list of weird and wonderful accidents in the last 12 months.
No fewer than 22 suffered mishaps involving nightwear either from setting them alight by accident or getting tangled up and nearly strangled.
The Department of Health data also included people requiring hospital treatment in the United Kingdom for accidents which happened overseas.
There were nearly a million people seen by emergency hospital staff in the 12 months to April 2004.
Six had been stung by scorpions, along with the 451 stung by hornets and 24 bitten by rats.
The house was no haven, with nine needing treatment for accidents with their beds and 22 exposed to "ignition or melting of nightwear" usually due to cigarettes or faulty electric blankets.
Other unusual problems included nine people who experienced "accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed" and a child who attended hospital after a "prolonged stay in a weightless environment".
Among more unusual accidents, those involving tools such as hammers affected 4,115 people, while around 2,000 more fell out of trees.
The data for admissions also included 138 people who had foreign objects left in their bodies following surgery.
These are just some of the reasons people went to hospital as revealed on a list of weird and wonderful accidents in the last 12 months.
No fewer than 22 suffered mishaps involving nightwear either from setting them alight by accident or getting tangled up and nearly strangled.
The Department of Health data also included people requiring hospital treatment in the United Kingdom for accidents which happened overseas.
There were nearly a million people seen by emergency hospital staff in the 12 months to April 2004.
Six had been stung by scorpions, along with the 451 stung by hornets and 24 bitten by rats.
The house was no haven, with nine needing treatment for accidents with their beds and 22 exposed to "ignition or melting of nightwear" usually due to cigarettes or faulty electric blankets.
Other unusual problems included nine people who experienced "accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed" and a child who attended hospital after a "prolonged stay in a weightless environment".
Among more unusual accidents, those involving tools such as hammers affected 4,115 people, while around 2,000 more fell out of trees.
The data for admissions also included 138 people who had foreign objects left in their bodies following surgery.
