HAJIRA (Kashmir English): Snake bit two women and a girl child separately in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)’s Hahjira area but the victims couldn’t find antivenin at a BHU-level medical facility in the area.
According to reports, the injured included one child and two women. After finding no antivenin at the BHU, three patients were shifted to THQ Hajira.
Later, the girl child was shifted to CMH Rawalakot after being first aid. Two women are still under treatment at the THQ with one in critical condition.
One woman was discharged from the hospital after providing her first aid.
Doctors at the THQ Hospital are striving to save the life of the patient. The child injured by snakebite belongs to Bela, a suburban area of Hajira, while one woman belongs to Basari Sudhanoti and one to Ziarat Mohalla Hajira.
Snake bite cases
It is worth noting that poisonous snakes are abundant in most areas of Tehsil Hajira, and dozens of citizens fall victim to them annually.
In recent days, a young man named Moasib Aftab from Kakota, a suburban area of Hajira, also fell victim to a poisonous snake and passed away after struggling between life and death for six days at PIMS Hospital Islamabad.
Citizens have demanded the government to immediately ensure the provision of antivenin at local level.
