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Snake catcher Sandeep dies after cobra bite
The Hindu··4d ago
Snake catcher Sandeep, 33, died Thursday at the Government Medical College Hospital after a cobra bite at home in Chirayinkeezhu. He had captured the snake and brought it back. Taluk hospital staff said he arrived around 12.45 a.m. with vomiting and neurological symptoms. Anti-snake venom was given before transfer. He died later at the medical college hospital.
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What It Means For You
- Hospital staff linked his neurological symptoms to cobra venom and treated him as a snakebite emergency.
- Anti-snake venom was started at the taluk hospital before the transfer.
- Families keeping captured snakes at home face the same bite risk described in the report.
What's Happening
- Sandeep was brought to Chirayinkeezhu taluk hospital around 12.45 a.m. on Thursday.
- Staff said the bite timing was unclear, but symptoms suggested elapsed time after the bite.
- He was moved to the Government Medical College Hospital within half an hour.
Where the bite happened
- The Hindu reported he lived at Eenchakkal Valia Elayil near Chirayinkeezhu.
- The snake involved was one he had captured and brought back to the house.
- The report was published on October 8, 2026.
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