Snake Bite & Poisoning Treatment in Palanpur

While you are getting to hospital

This is general first-aid guidance, not a substitute for medical care. The single most useful thing you can do is reach the hospital quickly.

For a suspected snake bite

• Keep the patient calm and still. Movement speeds circulation
• Keep the bitten limb still and below heart level, and remove rings, bangles or anything tight before swelling starts
• Do not cut the wound, try to suck out venom, apply a tight tourniquet, or use ice or herbal applications. These cause harm and delay treatment
• Do not attempt to catch or kill the snake. A photograph from a safe distance is useful; risking a second bite is not

For suspected poisoning

• Bring the container, bottle or strip with you — knowing the substance changes the treatment
• Do not induce vomiting unless a doctor has told you to. With some substances it causes further injury
• Note the time and roughly how much was taken, if known

What the hospital provides

Both conditions can require breathing support and continuous monitoring, sometimes for days. That care is available on site rather than requiring a transfer:

• An 8-bed ICU for patients needing continuous observation
• Ventilator support, for cases where breathing becomes affected
• Central oxygen and suction at every ICU bed
• Cardiac monitoring, with ECG and echocardiography on site
• Round-the-clock cover, with nursing staff at the hospital overnight and the doctor on call

Care is managed by Dr. Ambarish A. Panchasara, MBBS, MD (Medicine), Gujarat Medical Council registration G-48998.

For the villages around Palanpur

Snake bite is a rural presentation, and much of Banaskantha is farmland. Travel time is often the deciding factor in how a case goes, which is why the guidance above is deliberately short: the useful minutes are the ones spent travelling, not treating at home.

If you are bringing someone in from outside Palanpur, call 02742-255540 as you set out. This map link opens the exact location for whoever is driving.