KARACHI: A rabies patient hailing from Kashmore district was brought to The Indus Hospital (TIH) on Saturday.
Fifty-year-old Naaz Khatoon was bitten on the lower leg by a juvenile dog about three and a half months ago in her area of residence.
This year, 13 people have died of rabies at the city’s two major tertiary care hospitals; six deaths are reported at TIH and the rest at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).
“She has developed hydrophobia and aerophobia (the clinical signs of human rabies) and being provided with palliative care,” said Aftab Gohar, manager of Rabies Prevention and Training Centre at TIH, adding that it’s the third case within this month.