A class one student was reportedly bitten by a venomous snake inside a South Kolkata school on Monday morning, school authorities said.
The student, identified as Dipra Pal, was admitted to the SSKM hospital and given anti-venom injection. Mitra Institution, a school over a century old, is located in Bhabanipur, South Kolkata, near the residence of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee. This is the second such incident in the city in the last week. She was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata. The child was discharged a day later.
On August 18, a class three student was bitten by a snake in a private English medium school in East Kolkata.
We have purchased carbolic acid and bleaching powder to sprinkle,” Dey said. However, Dey said that he “never heard of such an incident in this school. “We are going to close early today as the forest department officials said they would conduct a thorough search of the school premises.
