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30,000 persons treated for dog bite

By K. Subramanian

KANCHEEPURAM JUNE 6. More than 30,000 persons were treated for dog bite in the government hospitals in the district in the last five months. A maximum number of 9,256 dog bite cases were treated in the Government Headquarters Hospital followed by 8,783 cases at the taluk hospital at Tambaram. As many as 1,353 persons were treated in the Tambaram taluk hospital last month alone.

Dog bite cases are being treated only in the government hospitals and in the Chengalpattu Medical College Hospital, as the Government supplies the anti-rabies vaccine only to these hospitals.

The Government Headquarters Hospital sometimes finds it difficult to treat the cases because of shortage of the vaccine. The hospital exhausted all the vaccines yesterday and was `awaiting' for supply today.

The statistics available at the Joint Director of Health Services here showed that from January to May about 519 dog bite cases were treated at Sriperumbudur, 342 at Madurantakam, 342 at Cheyyur, 390 at Uthiramerur and 232 at Thirukkazhukundram.

The Chengalpattu Medical College Hospital treated more than 10,000 cases in the last five months and it is getting an average 60-70 cases a day.

Stray dogs are roaming in large numbers, posing a threat to passers-by, especially during night. There is an alarming increase in the population of stray dogs in villages and towns owing to a ban on killing stray dogs. According to the municipal and panchayat authorities, they do not have adequate manpower to catch the stray dogs and set them free after sterilisation. If stray dogs are killed, the Blue Cross Society takes action against the killers.

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