Youth dies of snakebite

KHANPUR (APP) - A youth bitten by snake died here in the area of Rukanpur. The family sources said that the victim Muhammad Akram was working in the fields when near a water channel, a snake bitten him and he died on the spot. Meanwhile, the residents of Basti Harna told the newsmen that the Rural Health Centre Rukanpur lacks anti-venom or anti-rabies vaccine since long due to which people take their kin to far off hospitals but they die before getting any medical help. The residents have demanded urgent attention of the authorities to probe complete lack of vaccines at the RHC.

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