British Tourist Hospitalized After Venomous Snake Bite in Cyprus

Sam West, celebrating her 40th birthday, was bitten by a blunt-nosed viper at a Cyprus resort, resulting in a four-day intensive care stay.

Sam West, a 40-year-old British tourist, was bitten by a blunt-nosed viper at the Atlantica Aphrodite Hills Hotel in Cyprus.
The incident occurred as she was about to step onto a meditation platform; she experienced immediate, severe pain.
West spent four days in intensive care and is now using a wheelchair; her medical and additional hotel costs are significant.
The hotel and tour operator TUI have taken measures including moving yoga activities and trimming vegetation to enhance safety.
Blunt-nosed vipers, while venomous and potentially lethal, are responsible for relatively few serious incidents annually in Cyprus.