Statesman News Service
MALDA, June 16: In order to check death rate of snake bite patients the district health officials have asked the block medical officials to make proper arrangement for awareness of the people to follow necessary measures for medical treatment of such patients. The district health officials observed that ignorant people were habituated to seek help from local ojha as a primary step for saving the life of the snake-bitten patients. The patients are not brought to the hospital immediately. They come in at the last minute, when they mostly declared brought dead. But they always protest against such deaths claiming negligence on the hospital's part. In the past two weeks five people across the district have died from snake bite and in all cases the patients were brought to the hospital when the patients were on the verge of succumbing. Right after the pre-monsoon showers, a lot of snake seem to have come out of their pits. As a result the menace of snake-bite has become very prevalent in the area. Cases were reported from Kaliachak II, Chanchal , Old Malda , Gazole and other blocks. Recently block medical officials have been trained to take necessary measures for snake bite patients and apply modern treatment. “People are habituated to tie a knot after snake bite ...but is an obsolete practice”, said Mr RR Banik, chief medical officer in Malda. He also claimed that the department distributed anti venom injection for snake bite patients at almost all blocks health centres.
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