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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.
KARACHI: A 60-year-old man recently admitted to The Indus Hospital (TIH) with rabies died on Thursday.
Abdul Hameed, a resident of Korangi, was bitten on the leg by a dog over a month ago and developed rabies’ symptoms three days ago.
This is the second death from rabies within a week.
Both patients the other died at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) were residents of Karachi.
“The patient [arrived] at the hospital with full-blown rabies, suffering from hydrophobia and aerophobia,” said Aftab Gohar, manager of Rabies Prevention and Training Centre at TIH.
He didn’t go to any hospital and used home remedies to treat the wound, he added.
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