Upscale school bitten by serpent fear
M KrishnamoorthyPublished: Jun 15, 2009 5:07 AM | Updated: Jun 15, 2009 6:43 AM
Last Monday, a standard one student was bitten by a paradise flying snake, while parents have spotted two cobras in the school compound.
Last Monday, a standard one student was bitten by a paradise flying snake while parents have spotted two cobras in the school compound.
This prompted the Parents-Teachers Association (PIBG) to launch a gotong-royong, dubbed 'Ops Ular', participated by 25 parents in Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Damansara in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
The three-hour session, which started at 2pm, was carried out with the assistance of the Sri Hartamas Fire and Rescue Department.
Despite this, parents are still afraid of sending their children to school.
The school's pupils comprise of children of top notch CEOs, former ministers, some current ministers and some top civil servants.
The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) however could not assist in the gotong-royong according to a parent as noted in the school's website.
"We have called DBKL and they are not likely to be able to join us for three hours because they have a lot of gotong-royong to attend on Sunday."
Cobras have not been found
A concerned parent of two students, Joe D' Silva commended the school PIBG for taking immediate action but was surprised that the DBKL had not assisted in the "Ops Ular".
"I am afraid to send my two children to school because the two other cobras had not been spotted during the ‘Ops Ular’," he said.
Hours before the 'Ops Ular' yesterday, a parent spotted one cobra but that was outside across the fence near the monsoon drain.
Sulphur, lime and some coarse salt were also placed in many strategic areas.
In a report posted by a parent on the school website, the standard one pupil was bitten by the paradise flying snake after singing practice at 3.00pm last Monday.
"The snake flew at the children and landed on the standard one female student and bit her foot. Everyone else ran out of the way.
"The snake glided away and climbed up the canteen table and stayed there watching the children. The parents shouted for the school gardener and he came and killed the snake," said the parent.
The parent added that they took the child to the emergency ward at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital as she was complaining of chest pains and couldn't walk.
A urine test showed that she had blood and toxin in her urine. She was then sent to the Intensive Care Unit and monitored for 24 hours by doctors.
"I have made all the necessary reports to all departments who came to the hospital.
"They were concerned as a snake bite was a rare incident in a 'sekolah dalam bandar' (school in the city) especially SK Bukit Damansara. After 48 hours, the child was discharged.
"The only local reaction that she suffers from are headaches, at times chest pains and numbness in the leg," said the parent in the website.
This prompted the Parents-Teachers Association (PIBG) to launch a gotong-royong, dubbed 'Ops Ular', participated by 25 parents in Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Damansara in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.The three-hour session, which started at 2pm, was carried out with the assistance of the Sri Hartamas Fire and Rescue Department.
Despite this, parents are still afraid of sending their children to school.
The school's pupils comprise of children of top notch CEOs, former ministers, some current ministers and some top civil servants.
The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) however could not assist in the gotong-royong according to a parent as noted in the school's website.
"We have called DBKL and they are not likely to be able to join us for three hours because they have a lot of gotong-royong to attend on Sunday."
Cobras have not been found
A concerned parent of two students, Joe D' Silva commended the school PIBG for taking immediate action but was surprised that the DBKL had not assisted in the "Ops Ular".
"I am afraid to send my two children to school because the two other cobras had not been spotted during the ‘Ops Ular’," he said.
Hours before the 'Ops Ular' yesterday, a parent spotted one cobra but that was outside across the fence near the monsoon drain.
Sulphur, lime and some coarse salt were also placed in many strategic areas.
In a report posted by a parent on the school website, the standard one pupil was bitten by the paradise flying snake after singing practice at 3.00pm last Monday."The snake flew at the children and landed on the standard one female student and bit her foot. Everyone else ran out of the way.
"The snake glided away and climbed up the canteen table and stayed there watching the children. The parents shouted for the school gardener and he came and killed the snake," said the parent.
The parent added that they took the child to the emergency ward at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital as she was complaining of chest pains and couldn't walk.
A urine test showed that she had blood and toxin in her urine. She was then sent to the Intensive Care Unit and monitored for 24 hours by doctors.
"I have made all the necessary reports to all departments who came to the hospital.
"They were concerned as a snake bite was a rare incident in a 'sekolah dalam bandar' (school in the city) especially SK Bukit Damansara. After 48 hours, the child was discharged.
"The only local reaction that she suffers from are headaches, at times chest pains and numbness in the leg," said the parent in the website.
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