An Irish man has been hospitalised after he was attacked by a deadly venomous snake.
The 22-year-old, who was bitten by an African puff adder, is currently in Connolly Hospital, in Dublin.
The hospital reached out to the National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny for the anti-venom, Dublin Live reports.
But director James Hennessy said that it will have to be imported from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, RTE reports.
Mr Hennessy added that there is a shortage of anti-venom internationally.
The patient is believed to have been bitten by a privately-kept snake.
The Africa puff adder is a venomous viper species found in savannah and grasslands.
Puff adder bites account for more deaths than any other snake in Africa
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