Deaths caused by snakebites a ‘notifiable disease’ says Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar
Prakash Abitkar. File | Photo Credit: S. Sudarshan Maharashtra Public Health Department announced that deaths caused by snakebites are a ‘notifiable disease’. Under the notification, government and private hospitals, medical colleges and medical practitioners will be required to report every suspected, probable or confirmed snakebite case, as well as deaths caused by snakebite, to the…