Naude says certain government hospitals have no antivenom, while others don't have sufficient supplies for adequate treatment of even one venomous snakebite.
In North Central Anuradhapura, a 16-year old who had suffered a snakebite died as his father rushed desperately from pharmacy to pharmacy to look for the anti-venom the public hospital had run out of.
There was cholera, scurvy, malaria, and of course, there was always a possibility of snakebites, falls, broken bones, infections, and accidental gunshot wounds — something that happened more often than you might expect.
" She died of a snakebite, " Reznak mo Reznak insisted. " A ravening wolf carried her off. A sudden sickness took her. Tell them what you will, but never speak of dragons" .
The cape cobra and the black mama in that are extremely potent venom they're responsible for most fatal snakebites in South Africa, and we do also get a lot of fights from the puff adders which and the Mozambique Splitters.