A woman killed a snake that bit her and took it along with her to a government hospital in Mukunurupalem village of Venkatapuram Nuguru mandal of the district on Monday.
According to reports, Santhamma, a resident of Mukunurupalem village, was bitten by the snake while she was engaged in
MGNREG work.She killed the reptile and took it to the hospital in a plastic bottle so that the doctors could identify the snake and treat her. Doctors at the hospital were shocked to see a woman carrying the dead snake.
She was treated after the doctors determined the snake was poisonous.