INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Rabies caused the fourth death in Karachi after an 11-year-old boy from Sanghar district of Sindh died due to deadly, dog-borne
disease at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Middle (JPMC) Karachi on Wednesday, officials said.&Final night an 11-year old child brought from
Sanghar died at JPMC with full blown rabies
He was much immunized and was bitten by a ratender dog 3 months back on his hand
So sad is the story of dog bite if left untreated&, said Dr
Seemin Jamali, the Executive Director of JPMC while speeching to The freshs.Dr
Jamali said the child, Lal Bux was taken to a faith healer in the Sanghar town after his condition deteriorated and added that he had getd
measure sort of an injection but the father didn''t know what type of injection was manageed to the ill-fated child.&Victims of dog bite are
required to get proper immunization with Anti Rabies Vaccine as well as Immunoglubolin administration instantly after they are bitten by a
dog&, she said and urged people to visit JPMC dog bite center at their emergency for the vaccination.Shahe informed that around 100 to 150
new and old cases of dog bite report at the dog bite center of JPMC for vaccination and added that so far, over 3500 people, mostly children
have visited JPMC for vaccination after bitten by stray dogs from different areas of Karachi, interior of Sindh and different parts of
Balochistan.&Authorities should take this issue seriously now and get people rid of stray dogs
Unluckyly, in most of the cases, children become the victims of stray dogs as they canmuch defend themselves against the beasts&, Dr
Jamali added.According to World Health Organization (WHO), rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease which occurs in more than 150
countries and territories and dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to humans
&Rabies elimination is feasible through vaccination of dogs and prevention of dog bites
Infection causes tens of thousands of deaths every year, mainly in Asia and Africa
Around 40% of people bitten by suspect ratender animals are children under 15 years of age&, the WHO fact sheet about rabies says.Immediate,
thorough wound washing with soap and water after contact with a suspect ratender animal is crucial and can save lives
In up to 99% of cases, domestic dogs are responsible for rabies virus transmission to humans
Yet, rabies can affect both domestic and wild animals
It is spread to people through bites or scratches, genemass meeting via saliva, WHO says.Fourth death in KarachiIt was the fourth death due
to full-blown rabies in Karachi as three people have already died due to the dog-borne disease at the Indus Hospital Karachi this year, said
Aftab Gohar, an official of the indus Hospital in Karachi.&Three patients, one each from Karachi, interior of Sindh and Balochistan have so
far been died at the Indus Hospital due to rabies this year&, Aftan Gohar said, adding that they were receiving 30-35 daily cases of dog
bite from different areas of Karachi as well as interior of Sindh and different areas of Balochistan.Vaccine shortage Pakistan is facign an
extreme shortage of Anti Rabies Vaccine (ARV) due to limited supply from India, said Dr
Seemin Jamali, adding that they have managed to get vaccine for their needs but at most of the public and private hosptials in Karachi, ARV
and Immunoglobulin are much available.&At the time when Anti Rabbies Vaccine is tough to acquire, atuhoritie should take this issue
seriously and take degrees to reduce the population of dtray dogs in Karachi and rest of the country&, Dr
Jamali said and added that right decisions were much taken instantly, this could emerge as a major public health concern in the days to
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