Boy fainted and was rushed to a primary health care centre after biting snake
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An infant in the northern
Indian state of Bihar reportedly bit a cobra to death after it coiled around his hands.
The one-year-old boy, identified only by his first name Govinda, bit the cobra while he was playing at his home in the small town of Bettiah near the
Indo-Nepal border, according to local news reports.
"When we saw the
snake in the child’s hand, everyone rushed towards him, but in the meantime, he already bit the snake, killing it on the spot," the child’s grandmother told local news.
After biting the snake, the boy fainted and was rushed to a
primary health care centre for initial treatment, after which he was taken to the town’s Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH).
“The boy, Govind Kumar, was referred here yesterday by the primary health centre close to his village where he was rushed by family members after he fainted soon after chewing on the live snake,” hospital superintendent Duvakant Mishra told Indian Express.
The venom’s effects were reportedly mild, only knocking the boy unconscious, but not fatal.
"Timely treatment saved Govinda's life," Saurabh Kumar, a doctor of the government hospital, told the
Times of India.