Brisbane nurse bitten by deadly snake on Nepal trip A BRISBANE nurse is lucky to be alive after being bitten by a poisonous snake in Nepal, where there was no anti-venom to treat her. Delmae Ryan, who went to two hospitals in Nepal who confirmed the snakebite but were unable to treat her, had to get herself back to Australia after being struck by the asian pit viper eight days ago. Snake season is here Snakes and their snacks Princess Alexandra Hospital emergency physician Colin Page conducted tests to confirm the type of snake and anti-venom had to be flown from Melbourne to treat the 49-year-old. ``She has been extremely lucky," Dr Page said. ``She suffered a life-threatening envenomation in Nepal and made it back to Australia alive. ``The efforts of many people over a 24-hour period were able to narrow down the possible snake type and find some anti-venom in Australia that was being used for research purposes to then give to the patient. Ms Ryan will tell her story from her hospital bed later today.