FG ACTS TO CURTAIL RAMPANT INCIDENTS OF SNAKEBITES IN PLATEAU STATE
In an act to curtail the rampant incidents of snakebites in Kanke, Panshin and Shendam communities of Plateau State, the Federal Ministry of Health has donated large quantities (Vail) of Anti-Snake Venom to the Plateau State Government.
Presenting the drugs at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated that the donation was in response to the outcry from the people in the affected communities and as part of the Federal Government’s intervention effort in stemming the scourge, which had been ravaging the areas since August 2015.
The Minister, represented by an Assistant Director, Fatai Oyediran, who led a team of medical experts and environmental scientists from Federal Ministry of Health to Plateau State, informed that his team was in the state to confirm the complaint, assess the current status of the snakebite and carry out a sensitization and awareness campaign aimed at raising the bar in terms of prevention and control of the scourge.
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