A newly wed woman and her mother-in-law died on Tuesday morning after being bitten by a snake.
The deceased were identified as Kamrunnahar, 17 and her mother-in-law Zainab Begum,48, of Mamudanipur village of Jayanti Hazra union of Khoksha upazila.
Saqib Khan Tipu, chairman of Jayanti Hazra Union Parishad, said Zainab and Kamrunnahar were bitten by a snake around 2:30 am while they were asleep in their house.
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Later, they were taken to Upazila Health Complex around 6:30am and then shifted to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors declared the duo dead on arrival, he said.
Family sources said Kamrunnahar got married only 6 months back.
According to the World Health Organization, snakebites kill an estimated 81,000 to 138,000 people every year in the world, mostly in rural and impoverished areas.
Another 400,000 people are left permanently injured, with amputated limbs, blindness or other severe disabilities due to the venom’s effects, says WHO.
Source: United News of Bangladesh