Rabies ‘Rules’!
A seven month old baby, was ‘bitten’ to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad. Before the child succumbed to death, and after he was bitten badly, the child bled profusely. He was rushed to Osmania General Hospital.
Treated as an out-patient there the parents of the boy were advised to take the boy to IPM, Narayan Guda. From there the boy was shifted to Niloufer Hospital. Niloufer Hospital simply asked the parents to rush to Fever Hospital. From the fever hospital, the parents were again asked to take the boy to Niloufer Hospital. The boy died. It is still unclear if the boy was given any rabies vaccination at all.
The doctors kept the rules. Administration at one hospital says they were not aware of the incident while the other said there is no Pediatrician in their hospital. One person said that they ‘generally’ refer ’such’ cases to Fever hospital.
Each one concerned kept the ‘rule’. Unfortunately a life was lost. The boy was seven months old. Now there is an investigation going on, though no police complaint had been booked.
I’m not sure whose was the mistake: parents who left the child on his own. Municipality (though it says it had recently collected many dogs in the area). The doctors who transferred the guy, or the system that doesn’t keep Rabies medicine in all the hospitals though stray dogs are rampant.
Well from tomorrow there will be more collection of dogs. And before anything could be done, ‘Blue Cross’ will raise an issue of killing the strays. None will talk why Rabies isn’t available in all the hospitals.
A seven month old baby was ‘bitten’ to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad. Before the child succumbed to death and after he was bitten badly, the child bled profusely. He was rushed to Osmania General Hospital.
Treated as an outpatient the parents of the boy were advised to take the boy to Institute of Preventive Medicine [IPM], Narayan Guda. From there the boy was shifted to Niloufer Hospital. Niloufer Hospital simply asked the parents to rush to Fever Hospital. From the Fever Hospital, the parents were again asked to take the boy to Niloufer Hospital. The boy died on the way. It is still unclear if the boy was given any rabies vaccination at all.
The doctors kept ‘the rules’. Administration at one hospital says they were not aware of the incident while the other said there is no Pediatrician in their hospital. One person said that they ‘generally’ refer ’such’ cases to Fever Hospital.
Eachone concerned kept the ‘rule’. But, unfortunately the life of a seven months old boy was lost. Now, there is an investigation going on though no police complaint had been booked [Why? Noone knows].
I’m not sure whose was the mistake: parents who left the child on his own; Municipality (though it says it had recently collected many dogs in the area); the doctors who transferred the boy; or the system that doesn’t keep Rabies medicine in all the hospitals though stray dogs are rampant.
Well, from tomorrow there will be more collection of dogs. And before anything could be done, ‘Blue Cross’ will raise an issue of killing the strays. None will talk why Rabies isn’t available in all the hospitals.
Mohan Krishna
30 Mar 07 at 1:01 am
Corrected article
A seven month old baby was ‘bitten’ to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad. Before the child succumbed to death and after he was bitten badly, the child bled profusely. He was rushed to Osmania General Hospital.
Treated as an outpatient the parents of the boy were advised to take the boy to Institute of Preventive Medicine [IPM], Narayan Guda. From there the boy was shifted to Niloufer Hospital. Niloufer Hospital simply asked the parents to rush to Fever Hospital. From the Fever Hospital, the parents were again asked to take the boy to Niloufer Hospital. The boy died on the way. It is still unclear if the boy was given any rabies vaccination at all.
The doctors kept ‘the rules’. Administration at one hospital says they were not aware of the incident while the other said there is no Pediatrician in their hospital. One person said that they ‘generally’ refer ’such’ cases to Fever Hospital.
Eachone concerned kept the ‘rule’. But, unfortunately the life of a seven months old boy was lost. Now, there is an investigation going on though no police complaint had been booked [Why? Noone knows].
I’m not sure whose was the mistake: parents who left the child on his own; Municipality (though it says it had recently collected many dogs in the area); the doctors who transferred the boy; or the system that doesn’t keep Rabies medicine in all the hospitals though stray dogs are rampant.
Well, from tomorrow there will be more collection of dogs. And before anything could be done, ‘Blue Cross’ will raise an issue of killing the strays. None will talk why Rabies isn’t available in all the hospitals.
Mohan Krishna
30 Mar 07 at 1:02 am