Wasp attack victim 'improving'

An elderly women is improving in hospital, after she suffered a stroke and collapsed onto a wasps' nest.

A spokeswoman for Wairarapa Hospital said Mary Everitt, 85, was in a "fairly satisfactory" condition, and was slowly improving.

Mrs Everitt was gardening in her Masterton home when she had a massive stroke which caused her to fall onto a wasps' nest.

Neighbours and ambulance officers were powerless to help as Mrs Everitt was stung by hundreds of wasps for more than half an hour.

It wasn't until the arrival of a fire crew wearing protective gear that the wasps were forced off the woman's body with a hose.

- NZPA