Snake bites man in Bihar, he walks into hospital with reptile in his hand

Mangalore Today News Network

Bihar, October 17, 2024: A man in Bihar’s Bhagalpur was bitten by a Russell viper, one of the world’s most venomous snakes. Instead of panicking or monitoring his symptoms, the man grabbed the snake by its mouth and headed to a hospital. A video of him walking into the hospital with the reptile wrapped around his neck has gone viral online, shocking viewers.

The now-viral video opens to show Prakash Mandal, in a vest and a dhoti, standing in the hospital’s emergency ward with other patients and their attendants visibly scared. He holds the snake by its mouth, with the reptile around his neck. He grips the snake with the same hand in which the snake bit him, and a cloth is tightly wrapped around his arm to restrict blood flow.

As the video goes on, another man can be seen holding Prakash’s left arm and guiding him to another location to ensure the safety of others on the hospital premises. A few moments later, the man takes off the snake wrapped around his neck and lies down on the floor.

बिहार के भागलपुर में एक शख्स को सांप ने काट लिया, जिसके बाद आदमी सांप पकड़कर अपने साथ अस्पताल ले आया. pic.twitter.com/jwoxj1N1sM

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Another video that has been gaining traction online shows Mandal lying on a stretcher with the snake still in his hand. When one of the doctors advises him to release the snake for proper treatment, he finally lets it go. While the man’s condition remains unknown, he is currently receiving treatment.

In July of this year, a man in Bihar was bitten by a snake. In an unexpected response, he bit back the snake, believing it would counteract the venom’s effects. As a result, the snake died, and the man survived after receiving treatment at a hospital.

According to a WHO report from July 2020, over one million Indians have died from snakebite envenoming in the past two decades. Nearly half of the victims were between the ages of 30 and 69, while more than a quarter were children under 15. Among the most significant snake species responsible for bites in India are Russell’s viper, kraits, and cobras. However, other often unidentified species also pose a considerable threat.