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Notifiable disease in Maharashtra - Snakebite

August 22 , 2026 1 hrs 0 min 4 0

Maharashtra declared snakebite a notifiable disease, making reporting of all suspected, probable and confirmed cases and deaths mandatory.
Government and private hospitals, medical colleges and healthcare practitioners must report cases through the Health Management Information System (HMIS) and Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).
The notification requires details such as the bite date and location, patient age and gender, symptoms of envenomation, and the quantity of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV) administered.
Maharashtra recorded around 1.29 lakh snakebite cases and 655 deaths between April 2023 and March 2026.
The decision followed a 9 August 2026 snakebite incident at a government-aided residential school in Gadchiroli, where three tribal schoolgirls died, and three were hospitalised.