MBABANE:More emaSwati are reportedly dying of snakes bite amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals and, with the antivenom medication being found only at the Luke Commission.
This means any citizen who might be attacked by snakes in areas far away from the Luke Commission, might die along the way while being transported to the health facility, a person bitten by a Black Mamba normally collapse within a few minutes.
A questionnaire was sent to Health Minister Mduduzi Matsebula, however, he had not responded at the time of compiling this report.
Reached for comments on Friday afternoon, Mayibongwe Masangwane, the Secretary General(SG) of the Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union(SWADNU) confirmed that, the whole country is facing shortage of antivenom, a medication for snake bites.
“It’s true, the whole country is facing shortage of antivenom”, he said.
It has been disclosed that, a relative of a prominent public figure “is among those who recently died” of snakes bite amid shortage of the antivenom.
Eswatini is facing a worsening health crisis triggered by royal extravagant spending and corruption in the public administration, dozens have died since the crisis erupted.
EXPOSED:More emaSwati dying of snake bites amid shortage of drugs in public hospitals,antivenom medication only found at the Luke Commission(pic: Times of India!.