A wild snake sparked panic after slithering into a hospital examination room.<br /><br />The little reptile appeared in an examination room next to the waiting area at the building in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand on Thursday evening (September 26).<br /><br />Several patients fled as the 3ft long rat snake darted across the tiles. Terrified nurses looked on while emergency services arrived and caught the snake hiding under a medicine cupboard.<br /><br />One firefighter, Tan Preecha, said that the 3ft-long snake was a fierce creature despite being the non-venomous.<br /><br />He added: "This is the not a poisonous snake but it can attack humans. They will attack if they are threatened.<br /><br />"Luckily, it came in the night when there weren't as many people around or it could have been much worse if there were lots of patients.'' <br /><br />The snake was put in the sack and released back in the wood away from the building.
