Rescued 2 people bitten by red-tailed green pit vipers in time

On October 1, Mr. Huynh Van Khai, Director of SOS Phu Quoc Clinic ( Kien Giang ), said that the clinic had just saved two patients bitten by red-tailed green pit vipers.

Specifically, at around 8pm on September 30, Mr. HVL (43 years old, residing in Cua Can commune, Phu Quoc city) came to the SOS clinic with pain and swelling in the bite wound on his finger caused by a red-tailed green pit viper. Mr. L. said that he was bitten by the snake at around 5pm that same day while working as a bricklayer.

The red-tailed green pit viper bit Mr. LHN on September 29.

Before that, at around 7pm on September 29, Mr. LHN (47 years old, residing in Duong Dong Ward, Phu Quoc City) came to the SOS clinic with pain and swelling in the bite on his left foot. Mr. N. said he was bitten by a snake on his way home from work and when he arrived at the clinic, he carefully brought along the snake that had been crushed to death.

After receiving the patient, the doctors examined and determined that the bite was caused by a red-tailed green pit viper. Immediately after that, the staff of SOS Phu Quoc Clinic went to Dong Tam 2 Snake Farm (Duong To Commune, Phu Quoc City) to get serum to inject into the patient. After that, the patient was kept in the clinic for monitoring until his health was stable before being allowed to go home.

Talking to Thanh Nien reporter, the manager of Dong Tam 2 Snake Farm said that recently the unit has provided a lot of antivenom serum for the SOS clinic, and also organized training for the medical team. In particular, if the doctors cannot identify the bite, the snake farm will help identify and determine the type of snake bite to provide the correct type of serum to inject the patient.

As for Phu Quoc City Medical Center, Dr. Le Cong Linh, Director of the Center, said that due to many procedures, the center does not have serum available to serve the people.

"In addition to the procedures, including bidding procedures, quantity, and the serum's expiration date, we cannot buy or borrow serum to keep in stock. Meanwhile, the unit cannot buy individual bottles to use when needed," said Dr. Linh. Dr. Linh added that private clinics can buy individual bottles or borrow a few bottles to keep in stock at the clinic.

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