The sheer variety of snakes in India and the distance from rural areas to a hospital pose a serious problem there. Also most doctors are not snake aware, my friend runs Snake Cell, a non profit NGO devoted to conservation of snakes. He took a random survey of hospitals across the country to find that most doctors had no familiarity with different types of snakes around and hence were unable to give the right antidote.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

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