A seven-year-old girl, who was stung more than 200 times by wasps while playing at a local park, is still recovering nearly two weeks after the incident in south-east New South Wales.

Key points: Evie Clark was rushed to Braidwood hospital after she was attacked by wasps

Evie Clark was rushed to Braidwood hospital after she was attacked by wasps Hospital staff used a vacuum cleaner to remove the wasps

Hospital staff used a vacuum cleaner to remove the wasps She was later taken to Canberra Hospital due to fears the venom could cause organ failure

Evie Clark was playing with a friend in some scrub near a creek bed in Braidwood when she was stung.

"Then the whole nest came," she said.

"I didn't really know what had bit me but … then I saw that they were wasps or bees or something like that.

"So I curled up in a ball on the ground and just stayed there."

'Your brain switches off'

Evie was almost unrecognisable due to the wasp stings. ( Supplied )

Evie said she went in and out of consciousness during the attack and was in an area where no-one could see her.

"I didn't feel that much, I only felt like a hundred bites," she said.

"But it was really scary when I heard them and I couldn't really hear any other sounds other than the buzzing sound that they made."

Meanwhile, her friend had run to get help.

Evie's father, Troy Clark, hurried to the spot along with others and together they rushed the young girl to the Braidwood hospital.

"I think it's one of those things, in some ways your brain switches off and you just become really focused on what you need to do," Mr Clark said.

"I'm just grateful for the people who were there at the time and helped.

"I'm really thankful for the doctors at the local hospital who were able to do what they did — I think they saved her life."

As well as seeking advice from paediatric doctors in Sydney via video link, the Braidwood hospital used an unconventional method to get rid of the wasps, turning to a vacuum cleaner.

Evie Clark's mother Samara Zeitisch believes her seven-year-old was stung more than 200 times. ( Supplied )

"It was a pretty bizarre scene at the hospital," Mr Clark said.

"While the doctor was giving her an adrenaline shot, I was literally standing there squashing wasps that were caught in her hair.

"After a while we realised that there were so many there that we needed to do something else.

"I thought it was actually quite a good idea — they grabbed the vacuum and were able to suck them out."

Fears wasp venom had caused internal damage

But the ordeal was not over.

Evie was transported to the Canberra Hospital following the attack. ( ABC News: Georgia Hitch )

Later that night Evie was flown to the Canberra Hospital with her mum, Samara Zeitsch, by her side.

"It was the venom," Ms Zeitsch said.

"If you get a couple of bites the amount of venom injected into you isn't that significant to have to worry about.

"Because she had hundreds of bites, she'd basically been poisoned by them so they were worried about the organ damage."

Two weeks on, Evie still bears some signs of what she went through, with red marks on her arms.

But her family believe she will recover completely, thanks to the efforts of doctors.

Evie has almost completely recovered. ( ABC News: Georgia Hitch )

In the aftermath, Evie's family said they wanted to make sure no-one else would have to go through the same experience. They want other wasp nests to be destroyed.

Tim Geyer, Service Manager Urban Landscape at Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, said the council did destroy nests whenever they were alerted to them.

"It's really difficult unless you're unfortunate enough to stumble across a nest — it is actually a case of following the wasp back to the nest," he said.

Mr Geyer said the council was also trying to reduce things like litter and scraps in Braidwood that wasps were attracted to.

After a few days in hospital, Evie was discharged just in time for Easter, with her parents saying life was slowly returning to normal.

"She should get a little bit of school holidays that are a bit normal which is good," Mr Clark said.