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Hospital runs out of antivenom after man bitten by rattlesnake
A man in California required 54 antivenom doses after a rattlesnake bite, as his initial hospital ran out of supplies and he developed a severe blood-clotting condition. He was transferred to Stanford Hospital, where he received additional treatment and survived, though he remains partially disabled with lingering symptoms.
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