Snakebite kills two in Taraba border community as residents decry poor healthcare access

Two residents of Lissam Sambo (Pangtso) assemblage successful Ussa section authorities assembly of Taraba State person died from snakebites wrong 24 hours, raising caller concerns implicit the deficiency of entree to beingness redeeming aesculapian attraction successful the distant borderline settlement.
One of the victims, Elder Bako Awanki, reportedly died connected the evening of July 23, 2026, aft sustaining a snakebite. A 2nd resident, who was bitten successful a abstracted incidental astatine a antithetic location, besides died aboriginal that night.

Lissam Sambo (Pangtso), a distant assemblage bordering the Republic of Cameroon, has nary adjacent healthcare installation equipped with anti-snake venom.

As a result, some victims reportedly relied connected accepted attraction due to the fact that due aesculapian attraction was not instantly available.

The hold successful accessing effectual attraction was believed to person contributed to their untimely deaths.

Reacting to the incidents, the Chairman of the Lissam Sambo (Pangtso) Community Development Association, Danladi Bewa, described the deaths arsenic heartbreaking and lamented the recurring nonaccomplishment of lives to snakebites successful the community.

“Several residents person died nether akin circumstances due to the fact that anti snake venom is unavailable successful the area, portion the nearest wellness facilities susceptible of managing snakebite emergencies are located acold from the community,” Bewa said.

He appealed to the assembly ch...