00:00A 7-year-old girl in Bagong Silang, Caloocan died a few hours after being stung by a snake.
00:13Her mother saw the snake inside their house, near the child's bed.
00:19The child was tried to be admitted to the hospital after experiencing pain in the stomach and vomiting,
00:25but she did not survive.
00:27This is Bea Pinlac.
00:32A 7-year-old girl in Bagong Silang, Caloocan died a few hours after being stung by a snake.
00:38Her mother saw the snake inside their house, near the child's bed.
00:45When she was dreaming, it was not just for herself.
00:48All of us were there.
00:49She said, I want to see it on TV.
00:51But why?
00:53She saw it, but she was already dead.
00:55James and his sister were still sleeping next to the bed when they were quickly taken out of their mother's house
01:02after noticing the moving snake at the door.
01:06At that time, James was already expecting pain in his stomach.
01:10She said, my stomach hurts, help me.
01:12Then I called my husband.
01:14I said, your son is delirious, he is vomiting.
01:18I said, his stomach hurts.
01:20Then he vomited.
01:22Then he vomited.
01:24I told him, come on son, let's go to the hospital.
01:26A few hours later, James was rushed to the hospital.
01:29But he was declared dead on arrival.
01:32Based on the death certificate of the child,
01:34he died of stomach pain and dehydration.
01:38It was the last time they noticed that James had a wound on his hand
01:42because he was stung by a snake.
01:44James' father was at work at that time, so he could not save his son.
01:50I cried a lot.
01:52I felt bad because I was far away when he passed away.
01:58I didn't know that it was them.
02:00Forgive me if I didn't reach you,
02:03if I didn't see you, if I didn't hug you in the last chance.
02:08I'm really sorry.
02:11Their neighbor caught and killed the snake near James' house.
02:16It is not yet known what kind and if the snake is venomous.
02:21This kind of incident is rare in the barangay.
02:24Even so, the barangay will continue to monitor
02:28to prevent it from happening again.
02:30We will continue to monitor their scenario
02:35to avoid as much as possible the attack of the snake on people.
02:41We always remind them that whenever the river rises,
02:46you can't avoid it.
02:49This is the first news.
02:51Bea Pinlac for GMA Integrated News.
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