title: A Tragedy of Errors.
abstract: In a village, a small boy is bitten by a snake. A tragedy of errors ensues, arising from a fatal combination of neglect, bad advice, wrong choices, and ignorance. The child and family end up running from this treatment to that until it is too late to save the boy. This is an example of how treatable and curable problems are (mis)handled by the society (parents, public, neighbors, traditional healers, village leaders, and even the so-called medical industry).
authors.affiliation: a Latha Srikanth, MSc (N), CCPPC, is Professor of Pediatric Nursing and Vice Principal, Indirani College of Nursing , Puducherry , India .
authors.forename: Latha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Srikanth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000592:standards; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy*; D061665:Time-to-Treatment
keywords: India; developing countries; health care; palliative care; snake bite