Timely anti-snake venom has saved 473 snakebite victims in Haryana this year, Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Sumita Misra said. Jhajjar and Ambala recorded the highest number of cases. Over the past five…
At least four people, including two children and a grandfather-grandson duo, died in separate snakebite incidents in Odisha on a single day. The incidents occurred in Rourkela and Bonai in Sundargarh district.…
Maharashtra has declared snakebite a notifiable disease, making it mandatory for all hospitals, medical colleges and healthcare professionals to report every suspected or confirmed case and death. Health Minister Prakash Abitkar said…
Three tribal girls aged 8, 12 and 14 died after a venomous snake bit them in the hostel of a residential school in Gadchiroli's Japtalai village on Sunday midnight. Three other girls,…
Andhra Pradesh will stock anti-snake venom (ASV) in 108 ambulances for pre-hospital treatment, Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav announced on Saturday. The decision follows 3,104 snakebite emergency calls received since June 2025.…
An eight-year-old boy died on Thursday, August 6, after a snake bit him at Elkaspur government school in Telangana’s Narayanpet, Siasat.com reports. The boy, identified as Ranjith, was taken to Narayanpet government…
