THANE, Oct. 1 -- Two days after a 4-year-old girl from Dombivli died due to a snake bite on Sunday, her 24-year-old aunt too succumbed to the venomous bite on Tuesday. The duo were bitten by a snake on Sunday and were rushed to the Shastri Nagar Hospital, operated by the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC). The police said the child, Pranavi Bhoir, died hours after reaching the hospital, while her aunt, Shruti Thakur, slipped into a coma and died on Tuesday. Following Thakur's death, the victims' family protested outside the cabin of the health officer Dr Deepa Shukla, at the KDMC headquarters, blaming the hospital's negligence for the two deaths. The family said the hospital had delayed treating the victims and demanded that a case of culpable homicide be registered against the hospital staff. They ended their protest only after Shukla gave them a written assurance that strict action would be taken against those found guilty. Satyawan Mhatre, the girl's uncle, said, "Despite spending a valuable hour at Shastri Nagar Hospital, the doctors did not administer anti-venom to the victims. When the girl started having difficulty breathing, they instructed us to take her to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital." He added that they would file a case against the doctors at Shastri Nagar Hospital, including the health officer, for causing death due to negligence. Mhatre said the hospital also delayed providing an ambulance and failed to send a doctor along. Shukla disputed the claim and said the victims were given anti-venom, but as their condition was critical, they were referred to Kalwa Hospital for advanced critical care. "Based on the complaint, we will conduct a detailed investigation," she said....