Meanwhile, the chief minister took notice of the incident and following his orders the deputy commissioner constituted an inquiry committee to fix the responsibility of the death of
snake-bite victim.
The paucity of the drug, which hit the country at the peak of
snake-bites - usually between January and April when the scorching heat forces snakes out of their holes to cool their bodies - had resulted in several deaths.
"In August last over 90 cases of
snake-bite were reported at NMI, the sources added.
This study becomes important in the sense that it was carried out to see the prevalence of
snake-bite, type of snake site and time lapsed from the time of bite till the time of hospital admission in a Taluka health care centre Ranipur, district Khairpur of Sindh Pakistan.
Byline: Authorities alert hospitals, clinics to be prepared to attend to
snake-bite victims in summer.
Methods: Data from 1379
snake-bite cases were collected from case reports for a 5 yr period (1999-2003) that included age and sex of the victim, district, month of incidence, time of incident, death of a victim and the time point of analysis.
SNAKE-bite victims in Ireland would die in two hours - because there is no venom antidote here.
It is believed to be the first time medics at the University Hospital of North Tees have ever treated a
snake-bite victim.
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered yesterday to pay their respects to the man at the centre of a
snake-bite riddle.
The number of patients affected by dog- and
snake-bite is greater in rural areas, but the vaccine for dog-bite and
snake-bite is not available at BHUs and RHCs.
Clinical Profile and outcome of envenomous
snake-bite at tertiary care centre in western Maharastra.