SUKKUR: An eight-year-old girl bitten by a poisonous snake died due to non-availability of an anti-venom vaccine in Sukkur on Wednesday, reported ARY News.
According to her family members, the victim was bitten by a poisonous snake. They took her to a nearby government health centre for an anti-venom shot but were informed that the health facility has run out of the vaccine.
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The minor girl died while she was being shifted to a Mirpur Mathelo hospital for the purpose, the family said.
In March, a 10-year-old boy had died following a snake bite due to the unavailability of vaccine.
