The snake was spotted Tuesday at the wood burn block in the hospital. It was traced after a day-long search and killed Wednesday.
"It is true that a snake has been spotted in the wood burn block. The snake has been killed and what I have come to know from the officials is that it was viper kind of a snake," said Provash Chakraborty, medical superintendent of the hospital.
"It is really alarming. But we are taking all measures to prevent repetition of such an incident," said Chakraborty.
(Published 08 December 2010, 16:21 IST)