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More protection against snake bites:[Final
Edition] |
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Article
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News;
Brief |
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Dateline: |
TORONTO |
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Column
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Briefly |
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Section: |
Canada |
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Publication
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Standard. St.
Catharines, Ont.: Aug 16, 2002. pg. B.5 |
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Source
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Newspaper |
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ISSN/ISBN: |
08373434 |
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ProQuest
document ID: |
266638921 |
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Text
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79 |
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Article
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Abstract (Article Summary) |
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The Ministry
of Health injected $180,000 in one-time funding and another $60,000 annually
to help hospitals treat patients with rattlesnake bites. |
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Full Text (79 words) |
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(Copyright The Standard (St. Catharines) 2002) TORONTO (CP)
-- Ontario residents will have better access to antivenene after six people were
bitten by a potentially deadly rattlesnake, the provincial government
announced Thursday. The Ministry
of Health injected $180,000 in one-time funding and another $60,000 annually
to help hospitals treat patients with rattlesnake bites. This year, six
people were bitten in the Georgian Bay area by the Massasauga rattlesnake,
the only poisonous snake in Ontario. Since 1991, an average of two people
have been bitten yearly. |