Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Brother Slaps Snakebite Victim 150 Times To Keep Him Awake
A young man named Arun was working in a field when a snake hiding in a sack of hay bit him.
The bite made him very sick, and his older brother Akash rushed him to the hospital.
But the poison from the bite made Arun very sleepy and his eyes kept closing.
The doctors told the family they had to keep Arun awake while they treated him.
So Akash stayed by his brother's side and gently slapped his face, over 150 times in one hour, every time Arun started to fall asleep.
This helped keep Arun from losing consciousness.
The doctors also gave Arun 15 special injections called anti-venom to fight the snake's poison.
Thanks to the doctors' treatment and his brother's help, Arun eventually got better and survived the dangerous situation.
Arun, 21, was bitten on the hand by a snake hiding in a sack of hay while watering crops in his brother Akash's field in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh.
Doctors at the medical college instructed the family to keep the drowsy victim awake as the venom affected his nervous system.
Akash slapped his brother more than 150 times over nearly an hour to prevent him from losing consciousness.
A medical store owner named Shivam Sharma helped transport Arun to the medical college on his motorcycle.
Doctors administered 15 anti-venom injections, and Arun survived the critical phase.
- Who
- Arun, a 21-year-old man; his elder brother Akash; medical store owner Shivam Sharma; doctors at a medical college in Hardoi.
- What
- Arun was bitten by a venomous snake, and his brother slapped him more than 150 times to keep him conscious while he received 15 anti-venom injections.
- When
- The incident occurred around 2 pm, during the current reporting period.
- Where
- Jyoti Nagar under the rural Kotwali area of Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Why
- Doctors instructed the family to keep the snakebite victim awake because the venom had started affecting his nervous system, leaving him extremely drowsy.
- Victim
- Arun, 21 years old
- District
- Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Location
- Jyoti Nagar, rural Kotwali area
- Time of bite
- Around 2 pm
- Action taken
- Slapped more than 150 times in about an hour
- Anti-venom injections
- 15
- Helper
- Medical store owner Shivam Sharma transported Arun on his motorcycle
- Outcome
- Arun survived the critical phase