Lady Who Was Bitten By Snake Recalls Why Hospital Refused to Give Her Available Anti-venom

• After the death of Nanyah from a snakebite, a Nigerian lady shared her similar experience of being bitten by a snake
• She revealed why a hospital she visited after a snakebite refused to give her anti-venom, despite its availability
• Many reacted as she shared the unusual thing the hospital told her to do instead, sparking reactions from netizens

Nigerians have been thrown into mourning following the death of a fast-rising singer, Ifunanya Nwangene, popularly known as Nanyah Music, who died from a snakebite.

Reacting to the singer’s death, a Facebook user shared how a hospital refused to give her anti-venom despite its availability.

The young singer reportedly passed away after being bitten by a snake at her residence.

She was said to have rushed to a hospital immediately after the incident, but sadly, she did not survive.

Snakebite survivor says hospital denied her anti-venom

Identified on Facebook as Okafor Christabel, the young lady shared what happened after she was bitten by a snake.

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She mentioned why the clinic she visited refused to administer her anti-venom to her.

Her Facebook post read:

“Please na, stop reposting the snake video. I couldn't sleep last night and I've thrown my phone away many times this morning alone.

“I'm a snake bite survivor, seeing these videos is traumatizing for me. I'm sure you don't know that snake bite comes with high anxiety, the level of panicking it comes with will last you a life time. Na fear dey first kee person.

“And the people getting shocked at hearing that a hospital in Nigeria doesn't have antivenom drugs, I understand you people.

“But I'm not shocked because when I was bitten, Unizik clinic said they had only two venom drugs and they cannot afford to waste it on me. Said I should have come with the snake so they'd confirm if it's venomous or not before they inject me the antivenom.

“As a Nigerian, protect yourself. The best treatment you can ever get is prevention.”

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She added in the comments:

“Even when they finally got to see that I truly needed help, the pharmacist wasn't reachable and they had no key to the store room.”

In a chat with Legit.ng, a woman shared how her 3-year-old daughter survived snake bite and how they struggled to get anti-venom.

She said:

"When we got back from my kids school that afternoon, my daughter who was 3 years old at the time said she was tasty and wanted water. I was attending to her younger sister at that moment, so I asked her to go get the bottle water from the pack which was at the kitchen door.

"Only for me to hear her scream, crying and shouting “mummy snake, mummy snake! By the time I rushed towards the kitchen where she was , that was when she said “the snake bite my leg” and she kept raising her leg up.

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"I was shocked because there was no bush around our house, every where is concrete, so how come snake will be in my house? So I quickly pulled out my phone and googled “snake pictures” and showed her if she truly recognized how snakes look as she’s just 3. By the time she saw the picture she screamed and started crying that it is that snake.

"So I quickly tied her leg, called my husband to let him know what happened and ran out to get help. I was already panicking at this time!!

"Our friends living close to us came to pick us and rushed us to the first hospital, we got there and they said they didn’t have anti venom, we went to the second hospital, same thing they didn’t have anti venom.

"At this time, we started receiving so many calls from friends and family giving suggestions. So one of them gave me a name of a pharmacy by that ikeja bridge (I have forgotten name) that I will definitely find anti venom there. So we rushed there, bought the anti venom and rushed back to the second hospital we left initially.

"That was how they helped us administer the anti venom to my daughter."

Reactions trail snakebite survivor's experience

Igwe Glory said:

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"Was just pressing my phone til around 2.i slept small e no gree me I woke up again .i hate that creature like mad..and my neighbour killed small one last year for this compound."

Krizz Ibeh said:

"They can't waste it on you." They actually said that??? The most dangerous thing that can happen to anybody now isn't being kidnapped or robbed again. It's to be at the mercy of the Nigerian healthcare system because what's with the stories I'm hearing these days."

Aanu Oluwa Po said:

"I can relate very well,till now,I fear anything the crawls,millipede o, centipede o, worms o anything at all I am still traumatized."

In a related story, three Nigerians who had been bitten by snakes in the past shared how they survived without anti-venom.

Catholic priest shares dream about late Nanyah

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Catholic priest who knew singer Nanyah mentioned what she told him two days before she died from a snakebite.

He also narrated the strange dream he had about the singer hours after she died in the hospital on January 31, 2026.

Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng