{"id":2223,"date":"2021-07-20T05:39:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T03:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/20\/like-uber-for-snake-emergencies-tech-takes-the-sting-out-of-bites-in-rural-india\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T05:39:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T03:39:32","slug":"like-uber-for-snake-emergencies-tech-takes-the-sting-out-of-bites-in-rural-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/20\/like-uber-for-snake-emergencies-tech-takes-the-sting-out-of-bites-in-rural-india\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like Uber for snake emergencies\u2019: tech takes the sting out of bites in rural India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue \u2013 and protecting reptiles from reprisals<\/p>\n

When 12-year-old Anay Sujith felt a sharp sting in his leg while asleep in his hut in a village in Kerala, \u201cI started yelling and woke up my parents,\u201d he recalls. They immediately sought help \u2013 not with a phone call, but through an app.<\/p>\n

A team from Kannur Wildlife Rescuers (KWR) reached the boy\u2019s home, in Ramatheru village in the coastal city of Kannur, within minutes and he was admitted to hospital 20 minutes later. He had been bitten four times by a venomous Russell\u2019s viper, one of the \u201cbig four\u201d snakes in India responsible for the greatest number of venomous snakebites.<\/p>\n

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\nVenomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue \u2013 and protecting reptiles from reprisals
\nWhen 12-year-old Anay Sujith felt a sharp sting in his leg while asleep in his hut in a village in Kerala, \u201cI started yelling and woke up my parents,\u201d he recalls. They immediately sought help \u2013 not with a phone call, but through an app.
\nA team from Kannur Wildlife Rescuers (KWR) reached the boy\u2019s home, in Ramatheru village in the coastal city of Kannur, within minutes and he was admitted to hospital 20 minutes later. He had been bitten four times by a venomous Russell\u2019s viper, one of the \u201cbig four\u201d snakes in India responsible for the greatest number of venomous snakebites. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Venomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue \u2013 and protecting reptiles from reprisals When 12-year-old Anay Sujith felt a sharp sting in his leg while asleep in his hut in a village in Kerala, \u201cI started yelling and woke up my parents,\u201d he recalls. …<\/p>\n

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