Overview
- Manon Aubry said on Monday that a viper bit her and that complications from envenomation led to a hospital stay with care in emergency and reanimation units.
- She remains in hospital with an immobilized leg and has canceled her planned appearance at LFI’s AMFIS jeunes summer event.
- Aubry posted a smiling hospital photo on Instagram, publicly thanked the emergency and reanimation staff, and used the message to praise the public hospital system.
- The Euro-MP did not disclose where, when, or how long she was hospitalized but said she plans to resume activity at La France insoumise’s rentrée near Valence with limited mobility.
- French health bodies report about 300 viper bites a year in metropolitan France, note venoms can cause local swelling and wider digestive, cardiovascular or respiratory symptoms, and say rapid medical care and antivenin are the standard treatment.