Kidney failure caused by snake attacks in different parts of Mumbai is becoming an increasing concern for civic facilities. While in most cases, renal failure is reversed with medicines, a few snakebite victims have to undergo regular dialysis sessions for atleast three weeks before they recover. One such patient, Raviul Kazi (40), is now admitted in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) of KEM Hospital after a viper snake bit his arm on March 1. He is undergoing daily dialysis sessions at the civic-run hospital after he was diagnosed with acute renal failure (ARF). “My neighbours noticed the snake a few feet away from our house and were afraid to go near it. I managed to get hold of it to release it away from our neighbourhood when it bit my left wrist,” said Kazi, a Mira Road resident.