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24X7 treatment for dog-bite victims at Mohali Civil Hospital

A special counter opened for dog-bite patients at the Civil Hospital, Phase VI, Mohali

Ishrat S Banwait

Tribune News Service

Mohali, June 19

Now, dog-bite victims will be provided treatment round-the-clock at the Mohali Civil Hospital. Till now, the treatment was provided only during OPD timings (8 am to 2 pm). Patients visiting the hospital after that were given first aid and were asked to come the next day.

The Managing Director of Punjab Health Systems Corporation, Varun Roojam, at a meeting with the Civil Surgeon of Mohali and the Senior Medical Officer of the hospital, issued instructions in this regard. “Dog-bite cases increase this time of the year and we need a facility where patients could be treated 24 hours a day,” said Roojam.

Dr Manjit Singh, SMO, Civil Hospital, Phase VI, said they had the required staff for the job and had enough stock of anti-rabies vaccine. “We will start round-the-clock service as per instructions by the month-end,” said the SMO. However, serious cases, for which a costly immunoglobulin serum is required, will be referred to the PGI or the GMCH-32 in Chandigarh.

The hospital has also provided a special counter to dog-bite patients. They are directly taken to the emergency, where they are administered the anti-rabies vaccine free of cost.

The number of dog-bite cases received at the Mohali Civil Hospital has been rising rapidly since March this year. As many 1,055 cases have been reported this year so far. A total of 116 cases have been reported in June alone. The number of such cases received in March was 171. In April, 198 dog-bite cases were reported while the number rose to 216 in May. Meanwhile, a Maharashtra-based firm has been sterilising stray dogs and claims that 2,871 of them have been sterilised in the past one year. As per estimates, the population of stray dogs has exceeded 5,000 in Mohali.

2,817 sterilised

A Maharashtra-based firm has been sterilising stray dogs and claims that 2,871 of them have been sterilised in the past one year. As per estimates, their population has exceeded 5,000.