A woman has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after she was bitten by snake in Melbourne's west. Paramedics were called to a home in Wales Court, Hillside, just before 11am after a woman in her late 30s was bitten by what is believed to be either a brown or black snake. It is believed she was bitten on a forearm. She has been taken to the Western Hospital in a serious condition.

The incident comes after a spate of snake bites around the country over the past month, with at least 10 people bitten recently, including three in south-east Melbourne within a three-day period. And in Sydney, teenager Hayden Parkinson died in hospital after being bitten by a brown snake he had caught in the bush.

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