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A<\/span> few days ago, due to the incessant rains, a snake entered the house of 18-year-old Tehseem Khan and bit her while she was watching television.<\/p>\n

Upon hearing her daughter\u2019s scream, Sultana rushed to save Tehseem. Knowing that the snake had to be identified to administer the anti-venom, the daring mother caught hold of the snake but got bitten herself while doing so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sultana took her daughter to the nearest clinic where they were told to go to Sion hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The dean of Sion Hospital, Dr Praveen Ingale told The Asian Age<\/a>, \u201cSince the woman brought the snake to the hospital, it helped us identify the venom type and accordingly administer immediate medical treatment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The doctors identified the snake as Russell\u2019s Viper, a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae of venomous Old World Vipers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Image Source: Russell Viper\/Facebook<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Both patients are stable and out of danger; we gave them two to three vials of injections of anti-venom, and they are recuperating at the hospital,\u201d added Ingale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sultana and Tehseen are now out of danger, but, in hindsight, how safe was it for them to carry the venomous snake from their house to the clinic and then the hospital?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What if the snake had gotten out of Sultana\u2019s hand and hurt other citizens or, for that matter, even the driver of the cab?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not every person is aware of what to do in such cases, and Sultana was lucky to have escaped a more severe repercussion.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we go by the statistics, then 50,000 Indians are killed<\/a> every year from snake bites according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/span><\/p>\n

WHO has termed snakebites as a neglected tropical disease<\/a> and the reasons vary from delayed visit to the doctor, insufficient medicare to unavailability of anti-venom injections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In India, there are close to 2.8 million snakebite cases reported annually and around 90 per cent of the bites are caused by one of the \u201cbig four\u201d varieties \u2013 Common Krait, Indian Cobra, Russell\u2019s Viper and Saw Scaled Viper.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Better India<\/strong> spoke to Humane Society International (HSI) India to understand the steps one can or not take post a snake bite.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Snake bites are a neglected issue. The lives of people can be saved by education and teaching communities to live in harmony with snakes. HSI is committed to making India a snakebite-death free country, Alokparna Sengupta Managing Director, HSI India tells TBI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you can do:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Do\u2019s:<\/strong><\/p>\n