Representative image of snake.
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Belagavi: A person from Ambewadi village in Belagavi taluk who was bitten by a snake on his left palm came to the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences District Hospital for treatment along with the snake in a bottle to show it to the doctors on Tuesday.
Yallappa Gurav had been bitten by a snake. He caught hold of the snake and brought it to the hospital to avail treatment for himself and also show which species of snake had bitten him.
District Surgeon Dr Vithal Shinde told DH that the patient came to the hospital at about 12.30 pm and informed that a snake had bitten him while working in agriculture land. The patient is undergoing treatment and his condition is stable.
The incident took place in the jurisdiction of Belagavi Rural police station.