Medication shortage: Man dies from snake bite

Died due to the unavailability of the required anti-venom


Our Correspondent July 31, 2015

RAWALPINDI: A 25-year-old man died from a snake bite in Mandra on Friday. Police said that Amir Hussain was working in his field in Dhoke Chek when a snake bit his foot.

He was taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Gujar Khan, where he died due to the unavailability of the required anti-venom.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2015.

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