On Saturday, a 16-year-old boy was bitten by a poisonous snake in Aarey and was rushed to the trauma hospital in Jogeshwari. The family has alleged, however, that the hospital asked them to rush the boy to Cooper hospital as he developed a reaction to the first injection that was administered.

“When the boy was brought in, his condition was serious. There was bleeding and he displayed signs of vascular toxicity. He is stable now,” said the on-duty assistant medical officer at Cooper hospital. Vascular toxicity refers to damage to blood vessels in the body. Venomous snakes lead to various kinds of toxicity in the body, including vascular toxicity.