Pregnant woman worries for her unborn child

Rajinder Nagarkoti

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 29

Sunita Devi, who is six months pregnant, said it was only the Almighty who saved her and her unborn child from the attack of a stray dog.

Sunita Devi, a resident of Adarsh Mohalla, in Mauli Jagran, said she had almost lost her balance when the stray dog attacked her in the right knee at 10.30 am on Friday.

“Though I have received treatment from the anti-rabies clinic in Sector 19, I am still worried about my unborn child,” says Sunita Devi. Echoing a similar view, Aarti Kaur, mother of Tarun Preet, who was also attacked by the stray dog, said it was a woman who had saved her son.

“My son was walking when suddenly the stray dog attacked him in the waist. A woman, who was sitting there, came to my son’s rescue, otherwise his injuries would have been serious,” said Aarti Kaur, who said no politician or official came forward to help the victims.

Another victim, Arun Kumar, a Class X student of Government School in Mauli Jagran, said when he was opening the lock of his house, the dog attacked him from behind.

Sarita Devi (34), also a dog-bite victim, said she was sitting with the other women when the dog suddenly attacked her on Friday morning. “The dog first bit my fingers and later pushed me on to the ground and attacked my shoulder. The other women present there saved my life,” Devi said.

The victims even demanded that the UT Administration should send doctors to the locality for their treatment rather than make them do the rounds of the anti-rabies dispensary for their treatment. They even demanded monetary compensation from the authorities.