A young woman had the shock of her life after being zapped by a lamp at a Weranga address on the Western Downs.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said the woman in her 20s was transported to Tara Hospital in a stable condition at 6.31pm on Thursday, February 12.

The spokeswoman said the patient had sustained minor electric shock after touching a lamp.

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