A PUNCH newspaper report has revealed how vipers are now terrorising residents including pregnant women in Plateau State and other states in the Middle Belt.
A community health extension worker in the Accident and Emergency Department of JUTH annex in Zamko, Nanna Nashal, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the situation was worrisome because some women had lost their pregnancies to snakebites and others lost their lives.
Nashal said, “A few days ago, a child was brought into the hospital. He was vomiting blood. Many times, pregnant women come into the hospital and most times, snakebites have aborted many pregnancies. We have witnessed 10 cases where snakebites aborted pregnancies and some of the pregnant women lost their lives. This year, about five women lost their pregnancies to snakebites.’’