Maharashtra Govt Makes Reporting Snakebite Cases Compulsory

Maharashtra govt makes reporting snakebite cases compulsory

The Maharashtra government has declared snakebite a notifiable disease, mandating all healthcare providers to report cases and deaths. This move aims to strengthen monitoring, ensure timely treatment, and improve anti-snake venom availability, following a tragic incident where tribal schoolgirls died from snakebites.

Maharashtra makes snakebite a notifiable disease; reporting of cases compulsory

The move comes after three tribal schoolgirls died and three others were hospitalised after a venomous snake bit them at a state government-aided residential school in Japtalai village of Gadchiroli district on August 9.

Maharashtra makes snakebite a notifiable disease

Maharashtra declares snakebite a notifiable disease, mandating case reporting by all hospitals to track deaths, complications and improve anti-venom stocks.

Snakebite Cases, Deaths Must Now Be Reported by Hospitals Across Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government has brought snakebite cases under mandatory disease surveillance by declaring snakebite a notifiable disease. The decision requires all government and private hospitals, medical colleges and medical practitioners to report suspected, probable and confirmed snakebite cases, as well as deaths linked to such incidents. The Public Health Department said the measure is intended to create a more accurate picture of the snake…

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Snakebite Notifiable in Maharashtra, But Will It Save Lives?

Mumbai: Maharashtra’s decision to treat snakebite as a notifiable disease is an important public-health step. But the deaths of three tribal girl students at a government Ashram school in Gadchiroli show why notification alone is not enough. The girls were among six students bitten by a snake while they were sleeping on the floor at the […]