THIS refers to the letter ‘Snake bite survival’ (July 9) in which crude method of sucking venom is elaborated by the writer, though putting of a tourniquet is the scientific approach in an emergency.

However, in such an event, one should not waste a single minute to proceed to a local hospital, even if the snake is not poisonous. I fail to understand how a qualified doctor diagnosed a snake bite as an ‘insect bite’.

When the patient being a medical student is ‘disposed’ of like that, how would we expect these doctors to handle poor patients in such emergencies?

There is a need to post ‘educated’ doctors in the emergency wards of tertiary units throughout Sindh.

Though the patient went to a private hospital in Hyderabad where she was properly handled with blood profile etc., I wonder why she was shifted to Karachi in spite of there being two medical universities in Hyderabad.

I feel there is a need to establish proper ICU facilities in all tertiary hospitals of Sindh to prevent such casualties in future.

DR SOOMRO A. H. Karachi