Kathmandu- The Department of Health Services has sent anti-rabies vaccine and snakebite treatment medicine to all seven provinces of the country.

Dr. Pawanjung Rayamajhi, Head of the Department’s Management Division, informed that the medicine, which was already purchased and in the process of being supplied, has reached the supply centers for distribution to the health institutions of the provincial governments.

As soon as the news of the shortage of vaccines and medicines used in the treatment of rabies and snakebite came, Minister for Health and Population Pradeep Poudel had asked his subordinates to immediately manage the supply so that there is no shortage.

He had called the officials and asked them to increase the speed of supply and take all necessary measures to prevent shortages in the future. Accordingly, the Department of Health Services has supplied both types of medicine to all provinces.

According to the department’s data, 51,180 doses of the vaccine used against rabies have been sent to the provinces.

Based on demand, vaccines and venom have been supplied to all the provinces, said the ministry’s spokesperson Dr. Prakash Budhathoki.

The department has provided details of the arrangements to supply four times the current supply within two months in addition to the current supply.