BUTWAL: The Lumbini Zonal Hospital in Rupandehi is facing an acute shortage of snake anti-venom. As a result, the hospital has been compelled to refer snake-bite patients to other medical centers in ...

The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) failed to provide satisfactory answers to critical questions regarding the ongoing anti-venom crisis in a meeting of the Health Portfolio Committee last ...

If bitten, it's crucial to go directly to the hospital. "There is no treatment other than an anti-venom. And so even if you look well and seem well, get to a hospital as soon as possible," said ...

Notifiable disease will improve surveillance, identification of hotspots, accurate data enables ensuring anti-venom supplies are available at the correct health care facilities and implementing ...

Access to public healthcare remains severely compromised by 10 000 vacancies across the public healthcare system. Without enough doctors, nurses, and technicians it is every South African who needs ...