It was interesting to read the case report of a neonate with snakebite(1). Attention of the authors is drawn towards an editorial published in Indian Pediatrics on the management of Snakebite: The National Protocol";(2). We must adhere to the National protocol irrespective of the age of the child. In the case reported the child probably needed less than half of the ASV administered, and airway management. The calculated dose of ASV is to be administered over hour. Mechanical ventilation played a bigger role than ASV in the good outcome of the case reported. Once snake venom is bound to neuromuscular junction it cannot be detached by ASV. ASV only neutralizes the circulating venom. The child in most likelihood suffered a krait bite (night time bite) and its venom being presynaptic was even less likely to be reversed by ASV as the presynaptic vesicles once destroyed take 3-5 days to regenerate. It would be prudent to adhere to National protocols, so as to conserve a scarce resource like ASV.