Overview

• Govinda Kumar, one, killed a two-foot cobra with an instinctive bite after the snake coiled around his hand in Mohchhi Bankatwa village on July 26.
• He fell unconscious and was first treated at the local Primary Health Centre before being referred to Government Medical College and Hospital in Bettiah for further care.
• Doctors determined that the cobra died from trauma inflicted by the child’s bite and that any venom entered his digestive tract rather than bloodstream.
• He remained under anti-allergy treatment and close monitoring for 48 hours without developing neurotoxic or systemic poisoning symptoms.
• Health officials and villagers are calling for increased vigilance during monsoon-driven snake incursions and for strong rural health referral networks.