Suleiman said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Duguri, adding that snake bites had become rampant in the community, threatening the daily existence of the people.
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Nigeria on Saturday received 4,000 vials of Anti-Snake Venom, ending months of acute shortage of the drug and bringing relief to victims of snakebites across the country.
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
She added: “For the five days we were in one community in Langtang for the Federal Government’s free medical outreach, there were 33 cases of snake bites