On Sunday, 9th July 2015, my beloved junior Dr Sk Rajib called me over the phone from Dhoniyakhali Rural Hospital of Hoogly district of West Bengal at about 9.30 am. Dr Rajib wanted to draw my attention to a picture of a patient sent to me on WhatsApp (WA). Rajib informed me about a very…
The following is written with the hope that somebody who reads this has enough ‘everything’ to make life saving decisions. DARK FAIRY TALE VERSION #1 Once upon a time, not so long ago, lived a beautiful princess. Her evil stepmother made her go into the forest to collect firewood – hoping that leopards would eat…
Snakebite management through free emergency ambulance service during Golden Hour in Himachal Pradesh In India every half an hour there is death due to snakebite as the total mortality is pegged at 49,500 cases every year. Snake bites are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the hills. The risk of snake bite…
Recently I was in discussion with a friend about snake rescue and we just decided to pen down a list of snake friends in our knowledge that have died due to snakebites. In 30 minutes we could come up with 29 names, there may be additions to this list if we start researching on a…
Loss of life can never be compensated. The latest individual to fall victim to a venomous snake bite is Chirag Roy, a promising field biologist from West Bengal. Chirag was a well-informed budding conservationist and loved the wild. He had seen seniors in the field being bitten, a few had even died. And yet when one…
India is famous the world over for its snake charmers and myths around snakes. While the common man of today’s India is peeved with this comparison, nothing much has changed in the last century in the snakebite scenario despite the fact that there was a ground-breaking invention of Anti Snake Venom to cure venomous snakebites…
Internal Medicine, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease Thomas Junghanss is a senior clinician (formerly head of Unit) specialized in Internal Medicine (Sub-specialities: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease) and research fellow at the Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine Unit, Heidelberg University Hospital. He serves as a consultant to Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute (SwissTPH) in…
Education: B.E. (Mechanical), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 1968 Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and Finance, Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2000 Experience: Indian Police Service (Jul 1973 – Sep 2006) (Last position Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh) Central Electricity Authority (Central Water and Power Commission) (Jan 1970 – Jul 1973) – Assistant Director…
India’s Reptile Man Romulus Whitaker : Herpetologist, Conservationist, Padma Shri Snake Boy To Rom Whitaker, the world of snakes has always been a passion. He caught his first snake when he was just four. This was in the country estate that he shared with his mother and sister in northern New York State in the 1940s. Wondrously, his artist…
Ms Priyanka Kadam is the President & Founder of Snakebite Healing and Education Society (She- India.org). She spends her time working with individuals and NGOs working in the area of snakebite management and mitigation. Her expertise is Human Right Issues, Community Engagement & Advocacy. She has brought together talents from varied backgrounds to work on…