18-year-old boy dies of snakebite

An 18-year-old lad died of snakebite astatine Surandai successful the territory connected Wednesday.

According to the relatives, Akash, 18, of Surandai had gone to his maternal uncle’s location successful the aforesaid area, wherever helium and his comparative Chinnadurai suffered snakebite connected Tuesday night. After the victims could not get antidote successful the section hospital, they were taken to Primary Health Centre astatine Veerakeralampudur.

As nary anti-venom medicine was disposable there, the relatives rushed them to the authorities infirmary astatine Alangulam and past went to a backstage infirmary arsenic the antidote was not disposable successful Alangulam Government Hospital also.

Following the first-aid successful the backstage hospital, they took Akash and Chinnadurai to the Tenkasi Government Hospital successful captious information and hence were referred to the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH). However, Akash breathed his past adjacent earlier reaching the hospital.

“The unfortunate could person been saved if the anti-venom medicines had been stocked successful the agrarian hospitals and the superior wellness centres,” complained the relatives.

However, the doctors astatine TVMCH said Akash could person been saved easy had helium been brought to the infirmary connected time. “Without knowing the seriousness and information of the victims, they had casually taken some the victims to antithetic hospitals and wasted precious time,” said a doc successful TVMCH.

A elder authoritative affiliated to the Department of Public Health said the antidote doses were being sent to each authorities hospitals and the Primary Health Centres astatine regular intervals arsenic snakebites were connected the emergence during this harsh summertime owed to the accrued question of the reptiles.

“Due to the accrued incidents of snakebites, the hospitals had exhausted the doses and this peculiar incidental has happened adjacent arsenic the caller stocks are astir to scope the hospitals,” the authoritative said.