HC orders sufficient supply of antivenom to all upazila health complexes
The High Court today (18 August) asked the secretary of health ministry, director general of the Directorate General of Drug Administration and authorities concerned to supply adequate antivenom in all upazila health complexes across the country as soon as possible for snake bite patients.
The HC bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Sayed Jahed Mansur passed the order after hearing a writ petition and asked the authorities to submit the progress report within two months, according to court sources.
Advocate AKM Nurun Nabi Ujjal filed the writ petition yesterday, attaching media reports about people dying from snake bites in various upazilas of the country.
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It was observed that the injured patients are dying due to the lack of sufficient snake bite medicine (antivenom) in the upazila hospitals.
According to the survey of a newspaper report, at least 38 people died while 610 were injured from snake bites from February to 1 July this year across the country.
A study by the Ministry of Health found that about 400,000 people in Bangladesh are victims of snakebites every year, resulting in more than 7,500 deaths.
