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Chennai: 20 rabies deaths in 6 mths, health workers worried
Pushpa Narayan, TNN | Jul 7, 2011, 05.44am IST
CHENNAI: At least 20 people have died of rabies at the Government General Hospital in the city in the last six months. Last month, three died of the virus, spread through dog bites.
The increasing number of such deaths is worrying public health workers, who are coming together on July 9 to debate the topic, 'Why should anyone die of rabies in the 21 century?' The conference, organised by the Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India, will discuss strategies to eliminate rabies by 2020.
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Pushpa Narayan, TNN | Jul 7, 2011, 05.44am IST
CHENNAI: At least 20 people have died of rabies at the Government General Hospital in the city in the last six months. Last month, three died of the virus, spread through dog bites.
The increasing number of such deaths is worrying public health workers, who are coming together on July 9 to debate the topic, 'Why should anyone die of rabies in the 21 century?' The conference, organised by the Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India, will discuss strategies to eliminate rabies by 2020.
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