India has the highest rate of snake bite deaths and most of the victims die either because the victim is unable to reach the hospital on time or due to the shortage of anti- venom medicine. Both are preventable causes, yet India saw 1064 deaths in 2016 according to the latest official data published in 2017. The highest number of deaths due to snake bites were recorded from three states - Odisha, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh in 2015. In many places, there is a plentiful supply of anti-venom.
But the problem is that many local hospitals don't know how to use it. Worse, doctors don't have a great deal of confidence in dealing with snake bites cases. Source: healthanalyticsindia Share your views.
