4yo boy survives brown snake bite
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5E1702,00.html
October 15, 2004
A FOUR-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after being bitten by a brown snake, one of the world's deadliest snakes, on the NSW north coast.
He was bitten while playing in bushland near the family's home at Nana Glen near Coffs Harbour, a Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter spokesman said.
He was unconscious when paramedics arrived at the scene.
The boy was rushed to Coffs Harbour Hospital where he was in a critical but stable condition.
"All the snakes are coming out because of the rain followed by the excessive hot weather," a spokesman for the rescue helicopter said.
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