Sunyani, Nov. 22, - A six year old pupil from Kyeremasu near
Wamfie in the Dormaa East District died of rabbis at the Wamfie Polyclinic in
this past October.
Dr Saviour Denueme, the
Brong-Ahafo Regional Veterinary Officer, in an interview with the Ghana News
Agency in Sunyani, said the mother of the boy sent him to the Polyclinic for
treatment of fever.
He said two days later, the boy
started showing symptoms of rabies because of a dog bite and when the mother
tried to get close to him, he bit her hand.
With the help of some neighbours
the boy was sent to back to the Polyclinic where he was diagnosed of the
disease and thus admitted for treatment.
Dr Denueme said the boy died
after some days while he was receiving treatment, adding that the mother upon
interrogations remembered that the son was bitten by a strayed dog some months
back but they applied some local herbs on it without sending him to hospital
for rabies treatment.
He said the mother is currently
receiving treatment.
Dr Denueme urged the public to
wash areas of dog bites thoroughly with running water and apply mentholated
spirit if available before quickly sending victims to the nearest health
facility for rabies treatment.
He said any dog bite case has to
be reported to a veterinary service station for the dog to be quarantined and
studied within seven days to ascertain if it would show some symptoms of the
disease.
Dr Denueme said a dog that has
rabies would die seven days after biting or demonstrate signs of rabbis within
that time.
GNA
No comments:
Post a Comment