THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, July 25: Sub-divisional hospital Hussainabad in Jharkhand has proved a saviour in distress in snake bite episodes for victims of snake bites in Bihar too.
According to Civil Surgeon Dr Anil Kumar, a woman of village Kanchan Baandh which is in Bihar but near Jharkhand’s Hussainabad was bitten by a poisonous snake and was rushed to the sub-divisional hospital Hussainabad where she had a 5-vial drip of a combo pack of anti-venom serum.
The civil surgeon said the woman was frothing. Her family then shifted her back to the MMCH Daltonganj where she was treated for snake bite.
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Dr Anil Kumar said, “It was not so easy to locate her as she was shifted from the sub-divisional hospital Hussainabad by her family without telling the doctor there. I contacted the Sahiya who broke the news as to where this snake bite lady victim has been moved in. I had to do a lot of tracking for her. It’s good she is recovering.”
On a single day, four snake bite cases were handled at the sub-divisional hospital Hussainabad.
The number of snake bite cases has gone up to 100 in Palamu.
Dr Anil Kumar said the state government has provided us with a sufficient number of anti-venom serum vials.
He said, “We request people to visit the hospital first when there is a snake bite. Never go to any ‘jar phoonk wala’. It may finish your life. We have a full course of medication for you to survive a snake bite.”