3-year-old baby dies after drinking breast milk contaminated by snake bite
The mother did not know she was bitten by a snake while sleeping and breastfed her child after waking up, causing both of them to die.
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Lying next to her child, the mother held him in her arms and breastfed him, not knowing that she had just been bitten by a poisonous snake. Illustration:Newsato. |
According toIndia Times, a 3-year-old girl in India died from drinking poisoned milk after her mother was bitten by a snake while she was sleeping. The womanShe did not realize she was bitten by a snake and breastfed her baby as soon as she woke up.
"Both mother and child were rushed to the emergency room in Uttar Pradesh state on May 24 but died before reaching the hospital,"AFPquoted police inspector Vijay Singh as saying.
The family found the snake in another room in the house but did not have time to catch it.An autopsy will be performed but police have confirmed the deaths were accidental.
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There are hundreds of snake species that thrive in the tropical country of India. Illustration:Chronicle. |
India is home to about 300 species of snakes, of which 60 are venomous, especially cobras.According to a 2011 study by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, India accounts for 46,000 of the world's 100,000 snakebite deaths each year.
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