Tamil Nadu snakebite task force team and staff Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP), Chennai thank the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Health & Family Welfare Department, State Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India and Madras Medical College, Chennai for making arrangements to prepare the treatment guidelines for snakebite and scorpion sting; and also thank the Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, for considering the treatment guidelines prepared from Tamil Nadu for Snake bite favourably.
The encouragement provided by Thiru .V.K. Subburaj, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government, Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai; Ms. Supriya Sahu, I.A.S., former Additional Secretary, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, Chennai; Thiru. P.W.C. Davidar, I.A.S., Former Project Director & Special Secretary to Government, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project, Chennai; and Thiru. Muthiah Kalaivanan, I.A.S., former Project Director, Reproductive and Child Health (RCH), Chennai, for the preparation of the treatment guidelines for snakebite and scorpion sting is gratefully acknowledged.
The support provided by former Director of Medical Education, Dr. Vijayalakshmi, former Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Dr. N. Kalyanasundaram and former Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Dr. S.Murugan are duly acknowledged.
The services rendered by Dr. P. Padmanabhan, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai; Dr.V.K. Rajamani, Professor of Medicine, and Dr. Saradha Suresh, Director and Superintendent, Professor and Head of Pediatrics, Madras Medical College, Chennai; Dr. S. Shivakumar, Professor and Head of Medicine, Stanley Medical College, Chennai; Dr. A. Ayyappan, Professor and Head of Medicine and Dr. M.L. Vasanthakumari, Professor of Pediatrics, Madurai Medical College, Madurai; Dr. S. Muthukumaran, Professor and Head of Medicine, ThanjavurMedical College, Thanjavur; Dr. Vasantha Elango, Professor and Head of Community Medicine, and Dr. K.Umakanthan, Professor and Head of Medicine, Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore; Dr. K. Sathyamoorthy, Professor and Head of Medicine, Government M.K. Medical College, Salem; and Dr. R.A. Sankaramanian, Professor of Pediatrics, Government Theni Medical College, Theni in reviewing the manuscript and offering suggestions are greatly appreciated