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Vivian Chelang’a receiving treatment at Marigat sub-county hospital on August 24, 2018 after she was bitten by a snake at home in Loruk, Baringo County. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
Snake bite victims in parts of the county are at risk of dying, getting paralysed or developing other health complications due to lack of antivenom.
Residents complained that both public and private health facilities did not have medicine for snake bites.
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