Snakebites kill 200 people a day -- and there's a global shortage of snake anti-venom
Snakebites kill more than 200 people a day around the world, but Thai firefighter Pinyo Pookpinyo was one of the lucky ones.
When the tip of his thumb was bitten by a king cobra, he made it to a Bangkok hospital within 15 minutes. There, he was given a serum that stopped the venom, which can be fatal, from attacking his nervous system."The doctor didn't believe at first that I was bitten by a king cobra. I had to tell him that I was an instructor teaching about snakes; I'm very good at identifying types. "It affected me for about two months.
And when it is available, it can also be prohibitively expensive, plunging poor victims into deeper straits. On average, one vial of anti-venom costs $160, and a full course usually requires multiple vials, Wellcome says. One 2013 study from India found that more than 40% of victims had to take out a loan to pay for treatment, and in order to repay it, families often had to sell valuables.
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