An elderly woman and her daughter died after being bitten by a venomous snake in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, officials said Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Phulmani Naik and her daughter Jatri Naik, they said.

Phulmani, a native of Kashipur village in the Turumunga police station area, had gone to her daughter’s house Friday. Both were sleeping on the floor of the house when a venomous snake bit them.

Instead of admitting them to a hospital, their family took them to a quack for treatment. When the health condition of Jatri deteriorated, she was shifted to the Thakurmunda hospital, an official said.

“Initially, they were hiding the snakebite. When I repeatedly asked them after noticing the symptoms, the woman’s family revealed the truth,” said a doctor at the Thakurmunda hospit

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