A thirty-three (33) year old male was admitted to the Osindisweni Government Hospital (OGH) after being bitten by a snake.
At approximately 12:09 on Thursday, an employee at a quarry in Canelands, KZN expedited his colleague to the Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Headquarters with a dead snake (pictures) in a plastic packet.
Paramedics stabilised and immediately transported the patient to the local hospital for treatment of a snake bite to his right hand. His colleague informed Officers that the man was bitten while working at the quarry. The snake was immediately killed & transported along with the patient for identification purposes.
The snake was identified as a Rhombic Night Adder, whose venom is cytotoxic and primarily affects local tissue.
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