After One Child Dies, Another Battles For Life Despite Full Rabies Treatment In Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram: Five days after a six-year-old girl who won all of the anti-rabies remedy passed on to the great beyond, on Saturday, a seven-year-old girl is combating for lifestyles after receiving all of the anti-rabies remedy.

The frightened mom, hailing from Kollam, of the seven-year-old girl stated {that a} stray canine attacked her daughter on April 8.

“We immediately took her to the hospital and both anti-rabies serum (ARS) and intradermal rabies vaccine (IDRV) was administered,” stated the distraught mom.

“There was only one more dose left to be taken, as she got a fever at that time. We then took her to the Taluk hospital and from there to the SAT hospital in the state capital city, where she is now admitted and is serious, according to the doctors. We do not know why this happened as we had adhered to all that the doctors advised us,” stated the mummy.

Incidentally, this new case comes 5 days after a six-year-old girl in Malappuram district died of rabies on April 28.

This kid was once bitten through a stray canine on March 29, and the similar day, the similar canine had bitten seven folks.

While all aside from the six-year-old recovered, her situation didn’t give a boost to regardless of taking each the ARS and IDRV, and after combating for her lifestyles, she passed on to the great beyond on April 28, leaving many in a state of depression.

Meanwhile, consistent with statistics from the Kerala Health Directorate, throughout the length of 5 years from 2021, there have been 102 rabies deaths, of which 19 in step with cent of the deceased had taken each the vaccines.

Irked through the general public outcry in opposition to the larger stray canine bites around the state and the deaths happening even after following all of the vaccination protocols, the Kerala executive in 2022 constituted a committee to review, and it discovered that the injuries (bites) of those deaths have been in spaces of neck, face and head.

This committee, after undertaking assessments at the ADR and IDRV vaccines, discovered that it adhered to all of the accredited requirements.