Overview
- Deepak, 39, an e-rickshaw driver, arrived at Mathura District Hospital with a roughly 1.5-foot snake he said had bitten him.
- Hospital staff told him to keep the reptile outside for safety and informed the police, who contained the snake in a box.
- Doctors began treatment and reported his condition as stable, noting he had been seeking anti-venom since Monday’s bite near the Mathura–Vrindavan road.
- The patient alleged he waited about 30 minutes without care and complained of inadequate facilities at the government hospital.
- A widely shared video shows him pulling the live snake from his jacket; officials have not confirmed the species, though social posts calling it a cobra remain unverified, and hospital authorities said the snake may have belonged to him.