Thakurgaon, Aug. 24 -- year-old son to four different hospitals in Thakurgaon district after a venomous snake bit him, but none had the life-saving anti-venom and the boy tragically died.

"I went to four hospitals but nowhere could I find the vaccine (anti-venom). At last my son, Sakibul, breathed his last on my lap. I couldn't save him. I urge the government to act now so that no other parent suffers like this," said a heartbroken Israil Uddin, a resident of Kadamtala village in Baliadangi upazila.

Baliadangi Upazila Health Complex, Haripur Upazila Hospital, Thakurgaon General Hospital and Birganj Hospital in Dinajpur all failed to save the boy's life as none had the vaccine to treat snakebite victims.

Similar deaths have been reporte...