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1,000,040.00 hospital charge for a rattlesnake bite in Cali?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 60779615:MV8yNjAzODU1XzQ1NTAyMzU3X0ZFNTkxN0Ux] Here's an article from India from a few days ago...it's a worldwide shortage. [i]KATHMANDU, JUL 23 - The government agency responsible for distribution of anti-snake venom serum (ASVS) in the country is reeling under an acute shortage of the life-saving antidote during a season when the number of snakebite victims increases drastically. The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) of the Department of Health Services in [b]Kathmandu currently has only around 300 vials of the ASVS while the country needs at least 30,000 to 40,000 vials of the serum each year.[/b] With such a small amount of anti-snake venom serum at its disposal, there are fears of sharp increase from snakebites and related fatalities, which tends to rise significantly during rainy season in mostly the Tarai region of the country. [/i] http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/07/23/national/snake-anti-venom-crisis-raises-concern/392574.html [/quote]
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Last week I was listening to a radio show on GCN and the caller was talking about a neighbor getting bit by a huge rattler. 88 vials of antivenom were used at the hospital.
The total bill when everything got done (patient survived) was 1 million, 40 thousand dollars!
Is this kind of bill possible for a snake bite?
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