The Punjab Health and Family Welfare Department on Wednesday provided 500 vials of anti-snake venom to PGIMER Chandigarh on the request made by its Director.
Surjeet Kumar Jayani, Health & Family Welfare Minister, Punjab said that PGI Chandigarh had been facing a shortage of Anti-snake venom for the past some time.
Jayani said that the Punjab Health Systems Corporation a nodal procurement agency for providing essential medicines and consumables in the hospitals Punjab had a sufficient stock of anti snake venom, which proves to be a blessing for the snake bite victims being reported at PGI.
He said that during the monsoon season the number of cases of snake bite rises manifold, and the demand of anti-snake venom also rises sharply. On the request of PGI, Chandigarh, the Health Minister has immediately directed the PHSC authorities to dispatch 500 vials.