Summary A 38-year-old Hyderabad man dies of rabies at Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital, four months after a dog bite, prompting renewed vaccination warnings.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - A 38-year-old man from Hyderabad has died of rabies at Jinnah Hospital in Karachi, hospital sources said.
According to hospital sources, Javed, son of Qadir, was brought to the hospital’s emergency department at 11:34pm on October 18. He was suffering from hydrophobia, irritability, fever and difficulty swallowing.
Sources said the patient had been bitten on the face by a dog four months earlier. However, details regarding whether he received preventive vaccination after the bite could not be confirmed.
The neuromedicine team diagnosed the patient with rabies encephalitis. He was also administered one dose of the rabies vaccine, but he could not survive despite medical efforts. He died at 3pm on October 19.
Medical experts have urged citizens to wash dog-bite wounds immediately and seek prompt medical attention for rabies prevention and vaccination.
