In the span of a month, another snakebite incident has taken place in Goregaon’s Aarey Milk Colony. On Monday, a victim was rushed to the Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Centre after being bitten by a venomous Russell’s viper. People aware of the incident said R Muthu Ramalingam was cutting grass inside a plot when a venomous snake bit him. The incident took place at around 9.30 am. 

“Ramalingam was cutting grass when he suddenly realised that something had bit a toe on his right foot. He must have stepped on the snake while cutting the grass. As there is no government health facility in our area with a stock of anti-venom, we rushed him to the BMC-run trauma centre where he was admitted and the treatment was started,” said a family member of Ramalingam.  Upon reaching the hospital, Ramalingam was admitted to ICU and given anti-venom after the doctors found out that he was bitten by a Russell’s viper after the picture of the snake was shown to the doctors by a relative.