Snake bites woman in KZN

Cape Town - 100915 - John Ngxowa and Thobelani Mtshakazana from Mfuleni, and members of the Traditional Healers Organisation, found a Mole snake, which they believe was a Puff Adder and wanted to use it for Ibululu, compounded puff adder fat, to be used for healing. The SPCA confiscated the snake pending proper permits. Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town - 100915 - John Ngxowa and Thobelani Mtshakazana from Mfuleni, and members of the Traditional Healers Organisation, found a Mole snake, which they believe was a Puff Adder and wanted to use it for Ibululu, compounded puff adder fat, to be used for healing. The SPCA confiscated the snake pending proper permits. Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Published Dec 16, 2012

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Shongweni, KwaZulu-Natal -

A young woman bitten by a snake, believed to be a puff adder, while walking along a nature trail at Shongweni, outside Durban, on Sunday was in a stable condition, paramedics said.

ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks said paramedics treated her before she was taken to Hillcrest private hospital where she was reported to be “absolutely fine”.

Banks said she had been walking with friends in the Giba Gorge area when the serpent struck her through her shoe. - Sapa

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