Snakebite Declared Notifiable Disease in Tamil Nadu, Hospitals Must Report Cases to Government
Chennai: In a significant move to improve public health safety, the Tamil Nadu government has declared snake bite a notifiable disease, making it mandatory for all government and private hospitals to report cases of snake bites to the authorities.
This step aims to strengthen prevention and treatment strategies, including enhancing clinical infrastructure and ensuring the adequate supply of anti-snake venom to prevent deaths.
Snake bite has been declared as a notifiable disease in the state under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939. A Government Order (GO) to this effect was issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department on November 4 followed by a Gazette Notification published on November 6, a release here said on Friday.
According to the PTI report, the release said, "Snake bite envenomation is an acute life-threatening medical condition. It is a preventable public health condition often faced by rural population in tropical and subtropical countries."
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