Animal accident

A sailor in a fishing boat from Mahim in Palghar taluka died due to a snake bite. This is the third case in recent times when patients have died due to snake bites in Palghar district. Birju Mandal (30), who works on a fishing boat in Wadrai village in Palghar, came to Mahim Primary Health Center (PHC) on September 17 with the complaint of an unknown bite.