RUPANDEHI, July 20In the last one year, a total of 1,103 people sought treatment for snakebites at Lumbini Zonal Hospital (LZH), Butwal. Unfortunately, 12 of them succumbed to the venom of the poisonous snakes.With the onset of summer every year, snakes start taking their toll on the lives of the locals in tarai. As the treatment of snakebites is not possible everywhere, patients flock the LZH during summer.

Woman dies after being bitten by snake

October 14, 2016 13:39 pm

GAUSHALA (Mahottori), Oct 14: A woman was killed after being bitten by a poisonous snake at Matihani VDC in Mahottari district on Thursday evening.