BHUBANESWAR: Worried over expanding snakebite cases around the state and to facilitate treatment after snakebite, Snake Helpline- a voluntary organisation operating for rescue and rehabilitation of snakes, has put up information boards in government medical colleges and hospitals of Odisha. The illustrative boards describe several types of venomous and non-venomous snakes found in Odisha, dos and don'ts after snakebite and also first help process.
“The major objective of putting up these information boards is to assist the victim to identify the snake that has bitten him in order that docs would get started treatment accordingly. What are the first aids they must initiate before reaching the closest health center and dos and don’ts all the way through snakebite,” said founding father of Subhendu Mallick. The helpline could also be launching an online campaign on this to create awareness some of the public, he added.
As many as 1716 other folks have lost their lives due to snakebite all the way through the final 3 years from 2015-16 to 2017-18. While 446 other folks died due to snakebite in 2015-16, the snakebite demise in 2016-17 and 2017-18 remained 574 and 696 respectively. Number of casualties due to snakebite, absolute best among all failures, accounts for about 37% of total disaster deaths (4689) all the way through the period. A total 11,001 persons were admitted to other hospitals within the state all the way through the year 2017-18, legitimate resources said.
Mallick said, there are a number of myths and superstition among other folks referring to snakebite and its treatment. “People still use black magic for treatment of snakebite as a substitute of taking the patient to health center. So the boards will assist in expanding awareness among other folks,” he added.
On Tuesday the boards have been put up in medical colleges including All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack and MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur and district headquarter hospitals at Angul, Puri, Balasore, Sambalpur, Bargarh and at a number of community health centres within the state.
“This is without a doubt a good initiative and will assist physicians a lot in starting the snakebite treatment. Not only other folks opt for superstitions and black magic but in addition aggravate the condition of the patient by the point they succeed in health center. The initial period of snakebite could be very the most important so if first help is finished properly it is helping in subsequent treatment,” said Dr Sudipta Ranjan Singh, associate professor, forensic medication and toxicology department at AIIMS here.
“The major objective of putting up these information boards is to assist the victim to identify the snake that has bitten him in order that docs would get started treatment accordingly. What are the first aids they must initiate before reaching the closest health center and dos and don’ts all the way through snakebite,” said founding father of Subhendu Mallick. The helpline could also be launching an online campaign on this to create awareness some of the public, he added.
As many as 1716 other folks have lost their lives due to snakebite all the way through the final 3 years from 2015-16 to 2017-18. While 446 other folks died due to snakebite in 2015-16, the snakebite demise in 2016-17 and 2017-18 remained 574 and 696 respectively. Number of casualties due to snakebite, absolute best among all failures, accounts for about 37% of total disaster deaths (4689) all the way through the period. A total 11,001 persons were admitted to other hospitals within the state all the way through the year 2017-18, legitimate resources said.
Mallick said, there are a number of myths and superstition among other folks referring to snakebite and its treatment. “People still use black magic for treatment of snakebite as a substitute of taking the patient to health center. So the boards will assist in expanding awareness among other folks,” he added.
On Tuesday the boards have been put up in medical colleges including All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack and MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur and district headquarter hospitals at Angul, Puri, Balasore, Sambalpur, Bargarh and at a number of community health centres within the state.
“This is without a doubt a good initiative and will assist physicians a lot in starting the snakebite treatment. Not only other folks opt for superstitions and black magic but in addition aggravate the condition of the patient by the point they succeed in health center. The initial period of snakebite could be very the most important so if first help is finished properly it is helping in subsequent treatment,” said Dr Sudipta Ranjan Singh, associate professor, forensic medication and toxicology department at AIIMS here.
Illustrative boards describe dos and don'ts after snakebite
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