One of the victims of snake bite in Plateau State, James Lohfa, has attributed his survival to the grace of God, saying he never thought he could still be alive.
According to him, he said his last prayer to God when he learnt of the death of his bedmate at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Zamko, an annex of Jos University Teaching Hospital in the Lantang North Local Government Area, Plateau State.
Lohfa was bitten by a snake on October 27 around 7 pm in his compound, while coming from JUTH where he had gone to see a patient.
The Computer Science teacher at COCIN Bible and Agricultural Training Institute told PUNCH Metro that many victims had died due to the absence of vaccines.
He said, “After the snake bite, I was unable to stand. I managed to sit; I didn’t know when I fell. I was not myself and they rushed me to the hospital.
“On entering the hospital, I vomited. They rushed me into the emergency room and I vomited again. I was admitted for four days, but no injection was given to me.
“The same night I was admitted to the hospital, about five people came, but they were sent out because there was no injection. I don’t know where they went afterwards or how they ended. I was told many people went for local herbs.
“Those that we were admitted together were discharged because there were no injections. The next person to me was bleeding all over his body. He was discharged because there was no way they could help him. But after he got home, he died. When I heard of his death, I was saying my last prayer because there was nothing to write home about in the hospital. There were no injections and the anti-snake venoms were not available.
“The snake poison from my leg went into my stomach and began to cause me pains to the point that my breath was seizing. They quickly went to Langtang to look for some injections. We got about four injections at the rate of N9,000 each, yet that couldn’t help me.
“After the injections were administered on me, the only thing I felt was itching all over my body.”
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