Child severely bitten by dog, vaccine proves hard to get

October 20, 2014 03:58 pm | Updated May 23, 2016 04:09 pm IST - Bangalore:

A one-and-a-half-year-old child was severely bitten by a dog at Avalahalli in J.P. Nagar 9 Phase in early on Monday morning and his parents had to run from pillar to post for vaccination.

The child’s parents, quarry workers hailing from Andhra Pradesh, said that they rushed their son Kumaraswamy to a nearby private hospital for first aid immediately after he was bitten at around 6.30 a.m. when he was outside with two other children. He had suffered severe bite injuries on the neck, back and head.

He was then taken to Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, where he was given treatment. The hospital gave him anti-rabies treatment, but did not have Immunoglobulin vaccine.

The BBMP officials then shifted him to a government-run referral hospital, which had the vaccine but none to administer it. The child was then taken back to KIMS with the medicine and treated there.

Ramesh, the father of the child, said that there were lots of stray dogs in the area but this was the first instance of a child being bitten. Mayanna Gowda, an official from the veterinary section of the BBMP, said that the child was undergoing treatment.

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