Hospital begs for snakebite victims to stop bringing in serpents when seeking help: 'Puts the staff at risk'

An Australian hospital urged snakebite victims to stop trying to catch the slithery culprits when seeking medical attention after one patient came in carrying a serpent in a loosely locked box.

"We honestly don't want people interacting with snakes any more than they already have," Dr. Adam Michael, director of emergency medicine at Bundaberg Hospital near Brisbane, told the Australian Broadcast Company. "Any attempts to either get close to a snake to catch or to kill, or to photograph the snake...