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Stray dog bite sends lady into
tizzy
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Yet another case of a dog bite was
reported in the state today.
The victim of dog bite was a clerk of
Goa Medical College who
was going to the Goa Dental College
hospital canteen to have her
lunch.
According to sources in the GMC, the victim who was in an advanced
stage of pregnancy was bitten by a stray dog sitting by the roadside
near the dental college.
The terribly shocked lady, who was in the 36th week of pregnancy,
was rushed to the casualty department of the GMC and the doctors
decided to deliver the child she was carrying through Caesarean process
so that the anti-rabies vaccines, which are injected in the stomach,
could
be administered to her.
The lady found herself alone in her hour of agony, as the incident
happened in most unusual circumstances.
The shocked family of the
GMC staff member rushed to the hospital later in the day.
The Caesarean process on the lady clerk of GMC was performed
by Dr Anjali Kamat, the head of department of gynaecology, later in the
evening and a baby boy was delivered, bringing some joy to otherwise
saddened lady and her family.
The nearly tragic incident has shattered the GMC staff, who have been
facing nuisance from stray dogs for a long time. They have already
complained to the authorities about presence of large number of stray
dogs in the
complex.
A senior doctor told The Navhind Times that the GMC authorities
cannot act against the dogs in view of court ban on killing them and
that the non-government organisations who champion their causes have
failed to remove them from the complex, despite being told of the
menace.
Another staff member of the GMC said that the dogs roam freely in
the complex and even in the corridors, at times, after sneaking in
through
the doors. Sometimes these dogs pose danger to the people visiting
the hospital by pouncing on the food items carried by them, especially
the
children, he added.
Another GMC employee bitterly complained against the illegal kiosks
outside the GMC complex, which serve as feeding grounds to these
stray dogs and cattle. He also said that in view of court ban on killing
the
stray dogs their numbers have been multi-plying.
It is high time that the government acted against these illegal
kiosks and
removed them, said the employee adding that these kiosks were the
main causes of many ills which the people have been facing.
A lady colleague of the victim of dog bite said that human life has
become irrelevant for those championing the cause of stray dogs
as they want to save the dogs more than the human beings. She said
that the NGOs had indifferent approach towards the sufferings of the
victims and their families.
The cases of dog bites have been increasing in the recent past with
some deaths also having been reported in the state off-late.
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