Bizarre: Cobra dies of kid chunk in Chhattisgarh
2 min readExpress News Service
RAIPUR: In a weird incident, an eight-year-old boy bit a cobra snake to dying after it received wrapped round his hand in distant Pandarpadh village in Jashpur district, about 350 km northeast of Raipur. Deepak was bitten by a toxic cobra whereas he was enjoying within the yard of his home on Monday.
“The snake got wrapped around my hand and bit me. I was in great pain. As the reptile didn’t budge when I tried to shake it off, I bit it hard twice. It all happened in a flash,” he instructed the native media.
His household rushed him to a close-by main well being centre. “He was quickly administered anti-snake venom and kept under observation for the entire day and discharged,” stated Dr Jems Minj, block medical officer.
“Deepak didn’t show any symptoms and recovered fast owing to the dry bite when the poisonous snake strikes but no venom is released. Such snakebites are painful and may show only local symptoms around the area of bite,” defined Qaiser Hussain, snake professional.
Such circumstances are uncommon. “I have never come across such an incident in Jashpur district,” stated Ramesh Sharma, a senior journalist. Jashpur is a tribal district, which is also referred to as Naglok (abode of serpents) as a result of it has over 200 species of snakes, he stated.
RAIPUR: In a weird incident, an eight-year-old boy bit a cobra snake to dying after it received wrapped round his hand in distant Pandarpadh village in Jashpur district, about 350 km northeast of Raipur. Deepak was bitten by a toxic cobra whereas he was enjoying within the yard of his home on Monday.
“The snake got wrapped around my hand and bit me. I was in great pain. As the reptile didn’t budge when I tried to shake it off, I bit it hard twice. It all happened in a flash,” he instructed the native media.
His household rushed him to a close-by main well being centre. “He was quickly administered anti-snake venom and kept under observation for the entire day and discharged,” stated Dr Jems Minj, block medical officer.
“Deepak didn’t show any symptoms and recovered fast owing to the dry bite when the poisonous snake strikes but no venom is released. Such snakebites are painful and may show only local symptoms around the area of bite,” defined Qaiser Hussain, snake professional.
Such circumstances are uncommon. “I have never come across such an incident in Jashpur district,” stated Ramesh Sharma, a senior journalist. Jashpur is a tribal district, which is also referred to as Naglok (abode of serpents) as a result of it has over 200 species of snakes, he stated.
