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Jan 25, 2014 News
Marcello Manson, of Philippi Village, Region Seven, is now a patient in the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was bitten by a poisonous snake, Wednesday night.
The 18-year-old identified the snake as a Labaria, and said it was about two-feet long. He was bitten once to his right foot.
Manson explained that he plies his trade in Imbaimadai and was, at the time of the mishap – around 8:30 hours – coming out from a mining pit and heading back to camp with his crew. He said he has never been bitten by a snake before.
Immediately after being attacked, Manson was transported to the Imbaimadai Hospital where he was treated before being transferred to the GPHC where he remains hospitalised.
Recent cases involving bites from poisonous snakes have shown that without timely medical treatment chances of survival are slim.
In 2009, Maxey Edmund, 27, also of Philippi Village, Region Seven lost his life after being bitten on his left calf by a poisonous snake.
The stricken man had walked some 40 miles for treatment, from his village all the way to the Annai Health Centre. By the time he reached, his condition had deteriorated, forcing the Health Centre to transport him for additional treatment in Georgetown, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) before succumbing.
In 2012, Nelson Daniels, a 45-year-old labourer, of Warapana, Upper Pomeroon River, succumbed to the poison of a Labaria snake four days after he was bitten.
The father of four was reportedly unable to access medical attention on time due to financial constraints coupled with the remoteness of the area in which he lived.
He was transported to the Oscar Joseph Hospital at Charity and then to the GPHC after his condition worsened.
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