Snake bite led to death during treatment(Snake) 

Baleshwar: A heart-wrenching incident has come to light from Soro block of Balasore district of Odisha. A farmer died due to snake bite while working in the field. The farmer also reached the hospital by catching the snake (Snake)  in an attempt to save himself, but his life could not be saved.

What is the whole matter?

Actually, Bharat Behera, a 45-year-old farmer of San Biripada village of Soro block of Balasore district, went to harvest paddy in his field early in the morning like every day. Due to winter morning, there was dew and moisture in the field, due to which there was a danger of snakes and insects in the field.

Bharat was harvesting the crop in the field when suddenly a poisonous snake bit him. As soon as he realized that he was bitten by a snake, he called other farmers working nearby for help. The farmers present in the field immediately caught the snake so that it could be taken to the hospital and shown to the doctors. Bharat Behera put the snake in a bag and reached the local sub-health center in the hope of saving himself. Some people from the village were also with him. On reaching the hospital, the doctors started first aid but Bharat’s condition was deteriorating, so he was immediately referred to the Balasore District Main Hospital.

What did the CDMO of Balasore say?

The CDMO of Balasore said, ‘Bharat’s condition was critical and he succumbed during treatment. The doctors tried their best to save him, but he died. We have got the body postmortem done and handed it over to his family. No concrete information about the poison could come out in the postmortem report. The facts about the poison will be clear only after the viscera report comes.’

The doctors got Bharat’s body postmortem done and handed it over to the family. Now the viscera test report is awaited, so that it can be known which type of snake had bitten him and how much poison had spread in the body.

There is a wave of mourning in the village due to the death of Bharat Behera. His family is in deep shock. The villagers have described this incident as very unfortunate and painful. The elders of the village say that such dangers are always faced while working in the fields, but this time the accident became very big. Bharat Behera’s death is a painful incident, which is a warning for farmers and villagers. The government and the local administration need to run awareness campaigns for the safety of farmers so that such incidents can be prevented in future.