In critical condition, a 39-year-old herpetologist who was bitten by a viper in a school in Thessaloniki.
The woman is in the intensive care unit of the Papanicolaou hospital. She went into anaphylactic shock after being bitten by a snake.
How writes Voria.gr, the incident took place in a school complex located next to Γιαννιτσών street. The guard noticed the viper during school hours on the first floor of the premises. The man immediately informed management, and a call was made to the fire department. They redirected the appeal, giving the phone number of two herpetologists. The first to arrive was a Wildlife Action volunteer.
The school watchman moved the snake from the ground floor to the school yard with a broom. A herpetologist wearing a gardening glove caught a snake to put in a cage. However, the viper bit her. The woman managed to cage the viper and place it in her car, but after that, in front of the teachers, she began to develop anaphylactic shock rapidly. Her condition deteriorated rapidly and an ambulance was called. The woman was taken to the Papanicolaou Hospital, where she was admitted to Ward A’ ICU with hemodynamic instability and in critical condition.
This is an experienced herpetologist who was confident that she could take the snake without the use of additional tools. Presumably, the snake got into the school complex with the help of a car that ran over it.
*Anaphylactic shock is an immediate type of allergic reaction, a state of sharply increased sensitivity of the body that develops with the repeated introduction of an allergen. Anaphylactic shock is an extremely severe form of anaphylaxis.
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