Kathmandu, April 21 -- At least four snakebite victims were receiving in-patient care at the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu on Sunday.

Along with Sukraraj Hospital, the number of snakebite victims seeking medication has risen at other hospitals as well, amid rising temperatures, health officials say.

"Four to six snake bite victims seek treatment in our hospital each day of late," said Yuba Nidhi Basaula, director at the hospital. "Four snakebite victims have been receiving in-patient care today [Sunday], and they are all either from Kathmandu Valley or from the peripheral districts."

Incidents of snakebite and resulting deaths are common in Tarai districts in southern Nepal during the summer. But, of la...