A farmer from the South Rupununi village of Achiwib died on Friday after she was bitten by a snake late on Thursday.

Dead is Mathilda Ignacio who was said to be in her late 50s.

Reports from the Rupununi are that the woman was on her farm with her children when she was bitten by a rattlesnake.She was rushed to the village by her sons. She was taken to two health centres located several hours away from her village but the woman’s relatives noted that the gates to the facilities, including one at the village of Karaudanarau, were locked.

She succumbed to her injury on Friday morning.