# Snakebite cases surge, patients flock to Lucknow from districts 2026-08-15T17:30:58+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A sharp rise in snakebite cases during the monsoon has driven at least 261 patients to three major government hospitals in Lucknow in July, data shows. RMLIMS saw 89 cases, a 71% jump from June, with 50 coming from Barabanki alone. KGMU Trauma Centre recorded 111 cases, most from outside Lucknow. Civil Hospital treated 61 patients, the majority local. The influx raises concerns about district-level hospitals lacking enough anti-snake venom (ASV), infrastructure and trained staff to manage complications such as organ failure and blood-clotting disorders. Doctors stress that ASV alone is not sufficient; severe cases require higher-level care. Figures exclude Balrampur Hospital and Lok Bandhu Raj Narain Hospital, so the real number could be higher. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Barabanki, KGMU, Lucknow, RMLIMS, Syama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/snakebite-cases-surge-patients-flock-to-lucknow-from-districts/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/snakebite-cases-surge-patients-flock-to-lucknow-from-districts/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/