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Antivenom boxes to cure snakebite victims
Updated On: 15 October, 2011 07:36 AM IST | | Priyanka Vora
To provide instant treatment to thousands of bite victims in the country, drug company designs easy-to-use aid boxes that make anti-snake venom accessible to them in time
To provide instant treatment to thousands of bite victims in the country, drug companyu00a0designs easy-to-use aid boxes that make anti-snake venom accessible to them in time
In order to reduce the number of deaths caused by snakebites due to late administration or unavailability of anti-snake venom, a state-owned drugs company, Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited, has devised a 'medicines for snake bite' box, equipped with bottles of anti-snake venom and other simple, use-friendly paraphernalia that can save a bite victim.
The box, which costs between Rs 1,000-1,500, has anti-snake venom bottles, syringe, ointment, bandages, cotton, and a tourniquet, along with a comprehensive booklet about tending to the victim.
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