FARMER BITES COBRA TO DEATH IN NEPAL
നേപ്പാളുകാരന് മുഹമ്മദ് സല്മോദീന് തന്നെ
കടിച്ച
മൂര്ഖന് പാമ്പിനെ അദ്ദേഹം കടിച്ചുകൊന്നു.
A Nepali farmer who was bitten by a cobra in his rice
paddy field has killed the snake by repeatedly biting it in return.
"A
snake charmer told me that if a snake bites you, bite it until it is dead and
nothing will happen to you," Mohammed Salmodin told .He has now been
discharged from hospital where he was being treated for the snake bite.Officials
say he will not be charged because the reptile was not endangered."When I
realised that a snake had bit me, I went home to get a torch and saw that it
was a cobra. So I bit it to death," he told BBC Nepali's Bikram Niraula in
Biratnagar.After he bit the snake to death, Mr Salmodin said that he went about
his daily business as if nothing had happened. He says he finally agreed to go
to hospital after pressure from family, neighbours and police.The incident took
place on Tuesday in a village 200km (125 miles) south-east of Nepal's capital,
Kathmandu.
The
snake he killed is reported to have been the common cobra. Nepal has a a wide
variety of snakes, many of which are venomous - such as the cobra.Estimates
suggest that there are 20,000 cases of snake bite in Nepal a year, most of them
in the Terai southern plains, causing about 1,000 deaths, the AFP news agency
reports.Advice for victims of snake bite can vary, partly because different
snakes have different types of venom.
·
Remain
calm
·
Try
to remember the snake's shape, size and colour
·
Keep
the bitten part of your body as still as possible to prevent the venom
spreading
·
Remove
any jewellery or watches from the bitten limb as it may swell
·
Do
not attempt to remove any clothing, such as trousers
·
Seek
immediate medical attention
Widely
known treatments, such as the application of a tourniquet or trying to suck out
the venom, are not recommended.
Prof. John Kurakar
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