While the initial tests revealed that the girl did not sustain any snake bite, doctors at the Palakkad district hospital have kept her under observation for 24 hours.

For a Class 4 student in Kerala’s Palakkad, going to school almost turned into disaster as a snake found its way into her classroom. The girl, who studies at the Government Higher Secondary School in Palakkad, went to school as usual on Monday, July 25. However, as she was sitting at her desk, a snake that had found its way into the classroom slithered near her and coiled itself around her foot.

Upon noticing it, the child screamed in horror and shook her leg desperately in an attempt to shake it off, and the reptile disappeared into a nearby cupboard. On hearing her cries for help, teachers rushed to the classroom. The snake was then spotted and killed. The student, who was in shock, was rushed to the district hospital on the suspicion that she may have been bitten by the snake.

Doctors at the district hospital confirmed that the girl did not sustain any snake bite injuries. She will be kept under observation for 24 hours as a precaution, they added. "While walking into the classroom, I failed to see the snake on the floor and stepped on it. I realised it only when it coiled itself around my leg. Soon I started to shake my leg following which the snake fell and slithered away into the cupboard. Upon seeing me crying, the teachers came for help and found the snake," the student told the media.

According to students, there is heavy growth of vegetation on campus due to recent heavy rains, which may have caused the snake to enter the classroom.

Earlier in November 2019, a 10-year old girl studying in Bathery Sarvajana Higher Secondary School in Wayanad district died after she was bitten by a snake while sitting in her classroom. The child’s foot got stuck inside a hole in the class which resulted in the snake bite.

A snake wrapped itself around the leg of a Class 4 student, on Monday, July 25, after she accidentally stepped on it in her classroom in Palakkad district of Kerala. The incident took place at the state-run Government Higher Secondary School in Palakkad.

As the child screamed in horror and shook her leg desperately, the reptile disappeared into an almirah. On hearing her cries for help, teachers rushed to the classroom. The snake was then spotted and killed.

The shocked girl was rushed to the district hospital, suspecting that she might have been bitten by the snake, where she is currently under observation. Doctors attending on her stated there is no bite mark on her and that she will be kept under observation for 24 hours.

"While walking into the classroom, I failed to see the snake on the floor and stepped on it. I realised it only when it coiled itself around my leg. Soon I started to shake my leg following which the snake fell and slithered away into the cupboard. Upon seeing me crying, the teachers came for help and found the snake," said the shocked girl.

According to the students, the school premises has heavy growth of vegetation owing to the heavy rain.

(With IANS inputs)

Kerala student admitted to hospital after suspected snake bite in classroom