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Woman, waiting for cat bite injection, bitten by stray dog at Kerala hospital

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Thiruvananthapuram, September 30

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A young woman was bitten by a stray dog while awaiting a anti-rabies dose for cat bite inside a state-run public health centre, here on Friday.

Aparna (31), along with her father, was waiting at a public health centre near the upcoming Adani Port at Vizhinjam in the capital city suburbs, when the incident took place.

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Incidentally, she was at the health centre for her third dose of injection after being bitten by a cat.

According to her father, they arrived at the health centre around 8 a.m. “She was sitting on a chair waiting for her turn when a dog lying under it bit her. When we raised an alarm, the staff members came but did not administer any first aid. It was a by-stander of another patient who got a soap and cleaned my daughter’s wound,” the angry father said.

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Later, she was referred to the General Hospital in the city located about 15 kms where a proper treatment was provided.

Stray dog menace in Kerala has reached dangerous levels and there seems no major effort from the government to end it.

IANS

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