Quito, Ecuador A quick response can save your life if you are bitten by a poisonous snake. But in some remote areas of Ecuador people are 6 – 7 hours away from medical care, and that wait for snakebite victims is often fatal. In this tropical, Andean country, which imports snake anti-venom from Costa Rica and Colombia, an estimated 9,000 – 10,000 people are bitten by snakes per year, and 16 percent of these end in death or serious consequences such as mutilation or amputation, according to the Gustavo Orcés Herpetological Foundation. “This is what we are working to avoid, our...
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