After heavy floods, snake bites claim three lives in Khairpur

KHAIRPUR: Three people died due to snake bites in different flood affected areas of Khairpur on Monday.

In several flood affected areas of Khairpur, the poisonous snakes added to the worry of already grief-stricken people as three people died due to snake bites.

Those who did include 40-year-old Mumtaz Kalhoro in the Sadiq Kalhoro area of Pir Goth Tehsil of Khairpur.

Another 12-year-old Faizan Awan who belonged to Goth Abdul Rahim Awan near Akri died of snake bite whereas 20-year-old Ali of Shadi Shaheed was bitten by the snake and immediately took to the hospital but died on the way.

The vaccine for snake bites also became rare in the healthcare department of Khairpur hospital.

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