1Assistant Professor, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Telangana state
2Associate Professor, NRI Medical College, Chinakakani, Guntur District
3Assistant Professor, NRI Medical College, Chinakakani, Guntur District
4Statistics lecturer, NRI Medical College, Chinakakani, Guntur District
*Corresponding Author: Dr. M. Malleswari, Associate Professor, NRI Medical College, Chinakakani, Guntur District, 522503, Email: malleswarimotakatla@gmail.com, Mobile: 9848198704
Online published on 19 January, 2018.
Most of the snake bite deaths reported were due to delay in giving antivenom and the relatives of deceased allege against doctors that proper care is not given. Snake bite remains a public health problem in many developing countries. In India 216 species of snakes are found, of which 52 are poisonous, but only five species of them are Venomous4, 15 (King cobra, Common cobra, Krait, Russell's viper, and saw scaled viper).
Snake bite, Autopsy, Habitat of the victim, Socio economic Status