THE INDEPENDENT (Johannesburg, S Africa) 08 February 03 Snake bites two-year-old as she sleeps
Sapoa): A two-year-old girl was airlifted to the Pretoria Academic hospital on Saturday after being bitten by a snake.

A spokesperson at the Philadelphia hospital in Groblersdal, Mpumalanga, said the child was brought into the trauma ward in the early hours of Saturday after being bitten on the finger by what was believed to be a member of the mamba family.

The snake had apparently slithered into her bed while she was asleep with her family at Kwarrilaagte, Denilton, which, was fortunately near the hospital.

Although she was brought in very shortly after being bitten, the child's finger was already showing advanced signs of neuro-toxic poisoning.

The treatment in such cases required extremely skilled intubation, the hospital spokesperson said.

It was decided to airlift her to Pretoria Academic hospital.
Snake bites two-year-old as she sleeps

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• ZA Press: Snake bites two-year-old as she sleeps - W von Papineäu, Sat Feb 8 08:02:09 2003
• ZA Press: Toddler in risk of loosing hand after snakebite - W von Papineäu, Sat Feb 8 08:12:55 2003
• Neurotoxic envemomation by Dendroaspis species ? - Ferdelance_1, Sat Feb 8 19:32:47 2003
• Just the usual media BS... - WW, Sun Feb 9 14:00:22 2003
• Exactly, there should not - Ferdelance_1, Sun Feb 9 21:41:36 2003
• Sorry about the quadruple post, - Ferdelance_1, Sun Feb 9 21:53:07 2003
• RE: ZA Press: Toddler in risk of loosing hand after snakebite - oldherper, Tue May 13 07:39:45 2003
• ZA Press: Toddler bitten by snake 'improving' - W von Papineäu, Sun Feb 9 21:18:06 2003