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Snakebite Victim Given Anti-Rabies, Not Anti-Venom; Child Fights for Life on Ventilator
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News18•02-10-2026, 05:52
Snakebite Victim Given Anti-Rabies, Not Anti-Venom; Child Fights for Life on Ventilator
- •Four-year-old Adeeb from Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, survived after being bitten by a highly venomous common krait.
- •Due to district hospital negligence, the child was given an anti-rabies injection instead of anti-venom after a snakebite.
- •The child spent eight days on a ventilator in a private hospital after wrong treatment at the district hospital.
- •Snake rescuer Jabul's Facebook post exposed the medical negligence at the district hospital.
- •Adeeb recovered and was discharged with garlands; a pharmacist at the district hospital was suspended following an inquiry into the negligence.
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After four-year-old Adeeb was bitten by a highly venomous common krait, a government doctor at the district hospital mistakenly administered an anti-rabies injection instead of the required anti-venom.
The medical negligence came to light after a Facebook post by a famous snake rescuer named Jabul exposed the wrong treatment administered to the child at the district hospital.
Following orders from the DM, an inquiry committee investigated the incident and suspended a pharmacist, though no administrative action had yet been taken against the government doctor or the CMS.
