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Son cures snakebite for father on phone

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-18 09:25

Bitten by a snake, a man in Chongqing decided to make a phone call to his son instead of getting to a doctor. What's more, it turned out to be a good move.

Jiang Renhui, 61, a farmer from Tushi village, made a frantic phone call to his son, who lives 20 km away, on Monday night, saying a snake had bitten him on his foot.

"It would have taken me 30 minutes to reach my father. So I instructed him on what to do in order to stop the venom from spreading," Jiang Liwen, the son, said after saving his old man, who is now in a stable condition at a hospital.

(Chongqing Morning News)