Nepal, Aug. 22 -- Deaths from snakebites are avoidable, and there are measures to prevent the bites. Proper awareness about first aid and timely treatment in well-equipped hospitals are often pivotal in saving lives. But these interventions are few and far between in the remote hill areas of Nepal. For instance, Karnali, a province beset by poverty and inadequate healthcare, has over the past few years seen an increase in snakebites in its high-elevation district, Kalikot (4,000 metres), due to climate change and rising temperatures. During each rainy season, venomous snakes lurk in roads, courtyards and fields. Recently, a man from Karkiwada in ward 5 of Khadachakra Municipality in Kalikot district succumbed to a snakebite as there was n...