Unavailability of anti-venom injection at the Nimapara hospital has led to the death of a woman, alleged the family members of the deceased.
Sources said on Sunday afternoon, Gouribala Mishra (45) wife of Tapan Mishra, a resident of Taradapada village under Nimapara police station, died at the Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar in a snakebite case.
At 12 noon when Gouribala had gone to toilet at the backside of her home, a poisonous snake bit her left hand. Suddenly, her family took her to the nearby Nimapara hospital. After 30 minutes treatment, Dr Santosh Tripathy referred her to the Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar. But it was too late, the doctor declared her brought dead.
The family members of the deceased woman complained that due to non-availability of snake bite injection, the deceased was deprived of proper treatment leading to her death