Declare snake bite emergency in Benue – Activist urges state govt

..laments expanding cases successful agrarian communities

By Peter Duru, Makurdi

Renown Benue humanitarian idiosyncratic and Activist, Ukan Kurugh has urged the Benue authorities authorities to declared snake wound exigency successful the state.

Mr. Kurugh said the telephone became indispensable pursuing the expanding complaint of snake wound related deaths successful the agrarian communities of the state.

The telephone came connected the heels of the caller decease of 14 year-old displaced Chagu Terhemen, who was taking refuge with his parents astatine the Agagbe Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, campy successful Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of authorities and was attacked by a snake portion connected his mode to the workplace with his father.

The deceased died fewer days aboriginal pursuing the inability of his parents to instantly entree aesculapian attraction for him.

The IDPs campy was besides said to person recorded respective cases of snake bites since the opening of the year.

Lamenting the incidents of snake bites successful parts of the agrarian communities of the authorities and the inability of victims to spend the treatment, Mr. Kurugh connected his verified societal media page, urged the authorities to enactment swiftly and decisively connected the matter.

Kurugh said: “The rising fig of snake wound related deaths successful Benue State has reached an alarming and unacceptable level.

“Week aft week, lives are being lost, lives that could person been saved if timely and affordable entree to anti venom were guaranteed.

“To marque matters worse, the soaring outgo of anti-venom, driven by profiteering among dealers and sellers, is placing beingness redeeming attraction retired of scope for many. This exploitation during a wellness situation is some inhumane and intolerable.

“We cannot proceed similar this. The authorities indispensable enactment swiftly and decisively by declaring snake wound a State Emergency and ensuring urgent involution including escaped oregon subsidized anti venom, nationalist consciousness campaigns, and amended healthcare enactment successful affected communities.”

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