(ANSA) - FOLIGNO (PERUGIA), 20 AUG - A 4-year-old child residing in the province of Perugia, bitten in the arm by a viper and initially treated at the Foligno hospital, was transferred to the Meyer hospital in Florence.
His condition is still good.
The child has arrived at the pediatric emergency room of the Umbrian hospital - reports the Local Health Authority Umbria 2 - and therefore the health workers of the Pediatric Operational Unit headed by Dr. Beatrice Messini, in constant contact with the Poison Control Center of Pavia, are employed by him.
After having undergone the first blood chemistry tests and a doppler, the child was treated with antiviper serum.
The next morning, although in good general clinical conditions and with normal vital parameters, he was transferred with an ambulance, accompanied by a pediatrician and a resuscitator from "San Giovanni Battista", to the specialist center of the Meyer hospital in Florence for the administration of a second dose. of serum.
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