Man rushes wife to hospital with snake that bit her
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Cuddalore:16.03.2019
A farmworker caught a poisonous snake, which bit his wife, and rushed her to a hospital carrying the reptile in his hand in Cuddalore district. Police said Veerasamy, 42, and his wife Santhosh, 32, of Rasapalayam near Vridhachalam were among workers engaged to cut sugarcane in a field.
Santhosh was loading cane bundles in a tractor when a snake bit her on the left leg. She raised an alarm before falling unconscious. Her husband on noticing the snake, caught it with his bare hands.
With the help of others, he rushed his wife to a government hospital in Vridhachalam. Panic gripped the hospital as soon as he arrived with the snake with patients, attendants, doctors and other staff fleeing for safety.
Veerasamy told the doctors that he brought the snake believing it would help them treat the victim effectively if they know the species that bit her. The snake was found to be a highly poisonous Russel’s viper. The workers, unware that killing a snake is illegal, killed it instead of seeking the help of forest officials. The woman was later referred to a private hospital in Perambalur.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Cuddalore:16.03.2019
A farmworker caught a poisonous snake, which bit his wife, and rushed her to a hospital carrying the reptile in his hand in Cuddalore district. Police said Veerasamy, 42, and his wife Santhosh, 32, of Rasapalayam near Vridhachalam were among workers engaged to cut sugarcane in a field.
Santhosh was loading cane bundles in a tractor when a snake bit her on the left leg. She raised an alarm before falling unconscious. Her husband on noticing the snake, caught it with his bare hands.
With the help of others, he rushed his wife to a government hospital in Vridhachalam. Panic gripped the hospital as soon as he arrived with the snake with patients, attendants, doctors and other staff fleeing for safety.
Veerasamy told the doctors that he brought the snake believing it would help them treat the victim effectively if they know the species that bit her. The snake was found to be a highly poisonous Russel’s viper. The workers, unware that killing a snake is illegal, killed it instead of seeking the help of forest officials. The woman was later referred to a private hospital in Perambalur.
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