Mangaluru, May 28: A teenage boy in Belthangady on the outskirts of the city was died of a snake bite on Wednesday.
Taluk Medical Officer Kalamadhu said that Manojit was bitten by a snake while he was walking in the agriculture field around 9 a.m.
A passer-by found him unconscious in the field and informed the parents. They had problem in getting a vehicle in time and managed to bring the boy to the hospital only around 12 p.m. By then he had already succumbed to the bite.
Preliminary investigation has revealed it to be a cobra’s bite. The confirmation regarding the bite will be given by examination of viscera by a hospital in Hassan, Dr. Kalamadhu said.
Dr. Kalamadhu said there was sufficient stock of vaccines in the hospital for snake bites. A physician was available at the Belthangady Hospital to attend to snake bite cases. A 20-year-old man, who had been bitten by a cobra a few days ago, had recovered now following vaccination and treatment at the Government Wenlock Hospital, he said.
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