Sudurpaschim, Aug 24: Two minors died and an elderly person was injured due to snakebite at Mahuliya village of Gauriganga rural municipality-7 in Kailali district on Friday night.
Five-year-old Liza Gharti Magar and six-year-old Kajal Gharti Magar suddenly started vomiting after being bitten by the Krait snake while their 72-year-old grandmother Riju Gharti Magar was seriously hurt in the snakebite, according to Asharam Dagaura Tharu, Chairperson of Ward 7 of Gauriganga rural municipality.
The incident took place when the minor siblings were sleeping with their grandmother at their house. The poisonous snake is learned to first bite both the siblings in two-three parts of their bodies and then their grandmother, shared ward chairperson Tharu.
Elderly woman was rushed to Snakebite Treatment Centre of Nepali Army in Kailali on Friday night itself. She was referred to Seti Provincial Hospital at Dhangadi for further treatment.
Many people lose their lives to snakebite in Terai zone especially during summer and monsoon seasons.
Kishore Shrestha, Information Officer at the Seti Provincial Hospital, attributed many snakebite related deaths to the tendency of some communities to treat snakebite patients at home and take them to hospitals only when their situation gets critical. —
