A 14-year-old boy from Navoor near Indabettu village in Belthangady died of a snake bite at the Belthangady Government Hospital on Wednesday.
According to Taluk Medical Officer Kalamadhu, Manojit was bitten by a snake while he was walking in the agriculture field around 9 a.m. A passer-by found him unconscious in the field and informed the parents. They had problem in getting a vehicle in time and managed to bring the boy to the hospital only around 12 p.m. By then he had already succumbed to the bite.
Preliminary investigation has revealed it to be a cobra’s bite. The confirmation regarding the bite will be given by examination of viscera by a hospital in Hassan, Dr. Kalamadhu said.
Dr. Kalamadhu said there was sufficient stock of vaccines in the hospital for snake bites. A physician was available at the Belthangady Hospital to attend to snake bite cases. A 20-year-old man, who had been bitten by a cobra a few days ago, had recovered now following vaccination and treatment at the Government Wenlock Hospital, he said. Dr. Rao said that snake bite victims need to be brought to nearby government hospital as quickly as possible.
Man found dead
The dead body of a person was found on a railway track near Perampalli coming under the Manipal police station limits on Wednesday. According to the police, the person, aged about 65 years, had committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train. His body was badly mutilated. A case of unnatural death had been registered and investigations were on, the police said.