Kerala Hospital ward shutdown after 10 cobras spotted, patients relocated

Thiruvananthapuram: In a horrifying incident reported in the city, a group of 10 baby cobras were found in and around the surgical ward at the state-run district hospital in Perinthalmanna in Kerala’s Malappuram district. 

The atmosphere at the hospital soon turned into a nightmare after panic aroused among the patients and the attendants who witnessed the crawling of cobra babies in the ward. Following this, the people present in the hospital immediately came out.   

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The attendants accompanying the patients informed the hospital administration about this. After getting the information, the hospital in-charge closed the surgical ward until the cobras are removed from the facility and the atmosphere becomes habitable again. 

The baby cobras were found in a gap of three days.  

The eight patients who were present at the ward when the incident occurred have been moved out to a nearby medical ward of the hospital.  

The precincts of the surgical ward are full of bushes and the floor of the ward also has broken tiles. The snakes are believed to have slithered through these tiles.

A few days ago a 55-year-old woman, who was sleeping on the floor of a pay ward of the state-run hospital in Kannur district and accompanying her pregnant daughter, was bitten by a viper snake. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a six-month-old infant lost his life allegedly due to a lack of an ambulance at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, the 108 ambulance arrived three hours later than it was requested. Taking cognizance of the matter, Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) ordered an inquiry. The incident occurred at the Indergarh government hospital in the district. 

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