Snake bites child who came down stairs in Kushinagar, dies in hospital - snake bite kills boy in Kushinagar family superstition

A child bitten by a snake while coming down the stairs in Kushinagar died in hospital. The relatives caught the snake, sealed it in a jar and took the child to the hospital, where he died despite an anti-venom injection. In superstition, the family even took him to Shaktipeeth in Ballia for exorcism, but to no avail. Crying family members. Jagran Samvadsutra, Janakinagar (Kushinagar). A child coming off the roof was bitten by a venomous snake sitting in a cardboard box kept on the stairs. When the younger sister heard the noise, she arrived and called her parents. By then the child had become unconscious. After catching the snake, the family kept it in a jar and took it with the child to the hospital. Remove Advertisement Just read the news where the child’s life could not be saved even after giving anti-venom injection. On the other hand, family members caught up in superstition took the child to Shakti Peetha in Ballia for exorcism after his death. Sawan Chauhan, 13-year-old son of Gulab Chauhan, resident of Sohrauna of Ravindra Nagardhus police station, came from the roof on Wednesday evening. During this he collided with a cardboard kept on the stairs. After this, the poisonous snake sitting in the cardboard bit Sawan’s right hand three times, when it started to rattle, younger sister Anamika ran up the stairs with her father. Sawan then fell unconscious. The family members caught the snake and kept it in a jar and took the child with them to the Medical College Hospital, Rivandra Nagar Dhus. Admitted in emergency and anti-venom injection was also given. Even after this, his condition deteriorated and he died within an hour. Even after this, the family took him to Shaktipeeth in Ballia district for exorcism, where the exorcist said that he could not be brought back alive.