November 22, 2020 2:18:32 pm
While the man did experience blurred vision and difficulty walking, his doctors have said these are typical snakebite symptoms that will disappear with time. (Archive)
A charity worker from Great Britain who survived the coronavirus, dengue and malaria during a visit to India is now recovering from a cobra bite in Jodhpur.
Ian Jones, who is originally from the Isle of Wight, was admitted to a local hospital after he was bitten by an Indian black king cobra in a town near the city of Jodhpur last week, AFP reported. While experiencing blurred vision and difficulty walking, your doctors have said that these are typical snakebite symptoms that will pass over time.
“Jones came to us last week after a snake bite in a town in the region. Initially it was suspected that he was also positive for Covid-19 (for the second time) but he tested negative, ”Dr. Abhishek Tater, who treated him at the local Medipulse hospital, told AFP.
“While he was with us, he was conscious and had snakebite symptoms, such as blurred vision and difficulty walking, but these are generally temporary symptoms,” he added.
Jones, a former healthcare worker, moved to India to run a social initiative supported by charities in support of traditional artisans in Rajasthan. “Ian was temporarily living in the warehouse of the social enterprise in Jodphur so he could be closer to the people he supports,” Claire Robertson of Community Action Isle of Wight, who runs the company, told the BBC.
“He was in an area of the warehouse where he had built his home when his adopted dog, Rocky, started barking, and when he reached out to calm him down, the cobra, alerted by his sudden movement, bit him twice,” he said. explained.
Community Action Isle of Wight and Jones’s family have been able to raise more than £ 12,000 on a fundraising website to help cover their hospital fees and travel back to the Isle of Wight in southern England, AFP reported.
“Dad is a fighter, during his time in India he had already suffered from malaria and dengue before Covid-19,” said Seb Jones, his son, in a statement shared on the GoFundMe page.
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