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to people of Sindhuli VDCs By Our Correspondent Sindhuli, June 19: Come monsoon and the people of Dudhauli, Tandi, Latabhir and Sirthauli Village Development Committees of Kamalakunj area are fear of snakes. Locals say with the on set of the rainy season the area is infested with poisonous snakes like cobra and krait. Six people are already bitten by cobra this year, and one of them,14-year-old Sita Magar, died due to snakebite. Madan Pahadi, a local resident, says the poisonous snakes become a menace in the rainy season but the government has not done anything for treatment. "Locals themselves have set up a committee for treatment," he said. The committee was established in 2054, and in 2057 it was registered in the district administration office. Chairman of the committee Laxman Bahadur Karki, who is also the chairman of the Latabhir VDC, said the committee has also arranged for a doctor from Muzaffarpur, India, at a monthly salary of Rs.14,000. Karki said the cost of the treatment centre is borne by the three VDCs. This year two other VDCs have come joined the committee paying Rs.15,000 each annually. Last year six persons had died of snakebite in the area. Before the establishment of the treatment committee 15 to 20 people used to die every year of snakebite. The number has now reduced to about half a dozen, they say. The committee gets the anti-snake venum from the Epidemiological Section of the Ministry of Health under the recommendation of the District Public Health Office free of cost. Karki said of the 100 vials they had received in the month of Jestha 96 vials have already been used. Karki said getting the antidote is also a problem. They get only about a dozen vial at a time. To get more medicine they have to catch the political leaders, he said. A patient may need from two to 76 vials of antidote, so they don’t know how many doses of the antidote they may need in a year. The committee officials say after the patient only have to pay Rs. 50 for the treatment. All other treatment cost are free. Dr. Mritanjaya Singh, the doctor at the committee, said if there are oxygen cylinder, suction machine, electricity and the patient is brought on time, no one will die of snakebite. Other Stories |
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