UP man bitten by 5-ft snake kills it, then walks into hospital carrying its body in a bag |

A snake bite is usually enough to send anyone rushing for medical help. But when 60-year-old Uttam Nayak reached a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district, it wasn’t just his injured finger that caught everyone’s attention.He had brought the snake with him.Uttam was sleeping under a tin shed in his field late at night when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right finger. When he switched on his flashlight, he spotted a black snake, estimated to be around five feet long, near a stove.Instead of running away, Uttam picked up a stick and began hitting the snake. He kept at it until the reptile died.He then bandaged his injured finger himself, had some tea and waited for morning.Around 5 am, Uttam returned home with the dead snake in a bag and told his family what had happened. His relatives were alarmed and quickly took him to the district hospital’s emergency ward.But there was another surprise waiting for the doctors.Uttam had carried the dead reptile all the way to the hospital. He showed it to the doctor and asked whether the snake was venomous.Doctors examined him and immediately started treatment. District hospital emergency medical officer Dr Naveen Chauhan said there were no signs of venom in Uttam’s body.The doctors also found that the snake had bitten him only once, lowering the risk of serious envenomation.Uttam remains under treatment and is out of danger. And while most people would probably prefer to put as much distance as possible between themselves and a snake after a bite, Uttam apparently wasn’t leaving without making sure doctors knew exactly what had bitten him.Thumb image: X