Irish man hospitalised after being bitten by venomous snake

The 22-year-old, who was bitten by an African puff adder, is currently in Connolly Hospital, in Dublin.

The hospital reached out to the National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny for the anti-venom, Dublin Live reports. But director James Hennessy said that it will have to be imported from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, RTE reports.The patient is believed to have been bitten by a privately-kept snake.Puff adder bites account for more deaths than any other snake in AfricaGet all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.

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