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BHOJPUR, Aug 20 Due to menace caused by stray dogs there has been a sudden rise in the number of people seeking anti-rabies vaccines lately. It is learnt that the hospital in this district is crowded with people these days from the surrounding VDCs including the district headquarters.
According to the information provided by the District Hospital here, unlike last year the number of individuals acquiring anti-rabies vaccines in this hospital this year has gone up. Within the past four months, it is learnt that 78 people have already received vaccines against this fatal disease. At present 15 people have been making rounds to this hospital to complete anti- rabies vaccination course.
According to the Animal Health Service Office at the district, rise in rabies cases among the people in this district is attributable to the rise in the number of stray dogs that enter the market places of the district headquarters. They come from the surrounding villages due to the improperly managed animal slaughterhouses and shops that sell meat.
According to Pushpa Budhathoki, the technician at the District Animal Health Service Office, these stray dogs from the villages have been contracting virus from wild animals in the nearby jungle. Human beings contract this dreadful disease after inflicted stray dogs bite them. There have been reports that people have been getting infected from their pet dogs, which acquired this virus due to contact with inflicted stray dogs.
It is learnt that due to the negligence on part of dog keepers to get their pets vaccinated periodically coupled with the rise in the number of stray dogs this menace has intensified.
Likewise, according to the views expressed by Budhathoki, until and unless anti-rabies vaccination campaign against pets plus the drive to kill all stray dogs is carried out, this problem is likely to persist.
According to the information provided by the medical superintendent at the District Animal Hospital, Surendra Prasad Chaurasia, anti-rabies vaccines should be injected to a person only if the dog dies with 10 to 14 days. But in many cases the dog, which bites, is killed soon after the incident, and the affected person comes to the hospital for the vaccines. In such case it is difficult to ascertain whether the dog actually carried the rabies virus, contends the superintendent Chaurasia.
It is learnt that many patients who visited this hospital were mainly from, Devantar, Ranibas, Charami, Pyawali, Helaucha, Baikunthe and Sangpang VDCs.
It is learnt that there has been protest from the doctors working in this hospital against the hospital’s administration for charging fee on anti-rabies vaccines that are supplied to the hospital free of cost by the Health Department. It is learnt that this hospital has been charging Rs. 150 from each patient seeking anti-rabies vaccines.
However, according to the medical superintendent Chaurasia, the health department has not been sending the vaccines to their hospital lately, and in order to makeup for the transportation cost they have been charging the minimum amount from the patients. In order to give continuity to the supply, they are forced to take some fee, he added.
Source: http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2003/aug/aug21/local.htm