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Feral dogs bite 500 in city in a week
Mon, 11/07/2011 - 1:00am | by priyodesk
Incidents of dog bite have increased alarmingly with nearly 500 cases reported in the city and from its suburbs in the last six days, officials said.
The Infectious Disease Hospital in Mohakhali recorded 110 patients on Saturday, 79 on Friday and 281 in the previous four days. They were given anti-rabies vaccination after dog bites report New Age.
?It is alarming,? said Jagodish Chandra Ghosh, a senior consultant at the IDH. ?But we have been giving intra-dermal rabies vaccine since July 2010 to prevent rabies,? he added.
Physicians at the IDH said that attacks by feral dogs had increased in recent times despite drives against mad dogs by the Dhaka City Corporation.
The DCC kills up to 20,000 feral and rabid dogs a year, amid concerns that rabies has become a major killer in the country.
The government said more than 2,000 people died of rabies in Bangladesh annually, the highest in the world.
The IDH sources said that more than 15,000 people took treatment for animal bites at the hospital since January this year.
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http://news.priyo.com/metropolitan/2011/07/11/feral-dogs-bite-500-city-week-31380.html
Mon, 11/07/2011 - 1:00am | by priyodesk
Incidents of dog bite have increased alarmingly with nearly 500 cases reported in the city and from its suburbs in the last six days, officials said.
The Infectious Disease Hospital in Mohakhali recorded 110 patients on Saturday, 79 on Friday and 281 in the previous four days. They were given anti-rabies vaccination after dog bites report New Age.
?It is alarming,? said Jagodish Chandra Ghosh, a senior consultant at the IDH. ?But we have been giving intra-dermal rabies vaccine since July 2010 to prevent rabies,? he added.
Physicians at the IDH said that attacks by feral dogs had increased in recent times despite drives against mad dogs by the Dhaka City Corporation.
The DCC kills up to 20,000 feral and rabid dogs a year, amid concerns that rabies has become a major killer in the country.
The government said more than 2,000 people died of rabies in Bangladesh annually, the highest in the world.
The IDH sources said that more than 15,000 people took treatment for animal bites at the hospital since January this year.
More...
http://news.priyo.com/metropolitan/2011/07/11/feral-dogs-bite-500-city-week-31380.html