Chennai sources added that in order to create awareness about snake bite treatment and management, the Chennai Snake Park, located inside the Guindy National Park, is all set to develop an ‘app’ system, which has elaborate details on snake bites. Meanwhile the sources said that snake bite cases are often reported particularly in rural areas and since most people, bitten by such venomous snakes, are getting panic and they often approach ‘native doctors’, who treat them with herbal medicines and such treatment many a time leads to fatalities.
Furthermore when taking stock of the situation, we have planned to create app-based system, in which all the photos of venomous snakes will be updated. Accordingly, the app will also have details like first aid after snake bite and most importantly G. Kannan, Education Officer, Chennai Snake Park said “The app will have Global Position System (GPS), through which the patients can identify nearby government health institutions like Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and even private hospitals”.
He noted “The snake park has been associated with a non-government organization,
which will provide funds for such initiative. Further, they will start
geo-coding process across the state for providing GPS connection”. Moreover they
were preparing detailed blue print, after which the public would come to know
about this application.
