Chandigarh1,526 snakebite victims were treated in 5 years.
More bitten people now reach hospitals instead of faith healers, the health department says.
Antivenom is free at every primary health centre, community health centre and civil hospital, health official Sumita Misra said.
Jhajjar and Ambala reported the most cases this year.
How each outlet framed it
- Hindustan Times leans favorable
- documents shift from traditional jhaad-phoonk faith healing to hospital treatment after snakebites
Sources: Hindustan Times