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The discolored anti venom vials used to treat snake bites found in the Anuradhapura and Hambantota Hospitals have still not been removed from the respective hospitals.

Snake bite victims have not other available treatment than the anti venom and the Health Ministry states that vaccinations prescribed to snake bite victims would be tested to ensure its quality.

Meanwhile, All Ceylon Health Services Union President Gamini Kumarasinghe says the government hospitals are not equipped to test the suitability of the vaccination before prescribing it to a patient and a death that occurs due to a low quality vaccination would be recorded as a death caused by snake bite.

- Ravaya