Rabies death toll in Sindh rises to 40 as two chil...

Summary

• The latest victims were an 11-year-old boy in Hyderabad and a six-year-old child in Matli, Badin district, highlighting concerns over stray dog bites and the timely administration of rabies prevention treatment.
• Hyderabad District Health Officer Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain said the boy had been bitten by a dog about two months earlier, but the wound had healed and his parents were unaware of the incident until he developed symptoms of rabies.
• With his death, the number of reported rabies fatalities in Hyderabad district has reached four this year.

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KARACHI/HYDERABAD: Sindh’s rabies crisis has claimed two more young lives within 24 hours, bringing the reported death toll in the province to 40 this year, according to a count compiled by Minute Mirror.

The latest victims were an 11-year-old boy in Hyderabad and a six-year-old child in Matli, Badin district, highlighting concerns over stray dog bites and the timely administration of rabies prevention treatment.

Hyderabad Boy Dies at Hospital

Eleven-year-old Inam, a resident of Latifabad, Hyderabad, died at Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) on Friday night, October 17.

Hyderabad District Health Officer Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain said the boy had been bitten by a dog about two months earlier, but the wound had healed and his parents were unaware of the incident until he developed symptoms of rabies.