A 15-month-old girl was brought to the pediatric emergency room of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Sunday after she was bitten by a viper snake near Moshav Aderet.

Dr. Saar Hasbia, director of pediatric emergency medicine in Hadassah Ein Kerem said, “Immediately upon her arrival at Hadassah the toddler received anti-venom and supportive treatment. She is in moderate condition, conscious and an altered mental state. After the initial treatment her condition improved, and she is being transferred to a pediatric intensive care unit.”

Aderet is a moshav in central Israel located in the Judean foothills, south of Beit Shemesh, west of Gush Etzion and it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem/Photo Credit: לדוברות הדסה)