Two more people have died of rabies in Sindh, bringing the recorded death toll to 42 and prompting health experts to call for the removal of stray dogs from streets across the province.
The first victim, 38-year-old Javed from Hyderabad, died at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) in Karachi. He was admitted on Sunday night with symptoms of rabies after being bitten on the face by a dog four months earlier. It remains unclear whether he received preventive treatment following the attack.
The second victim, 52-year-old Allahbad, was referred from Nawabshah to Liaquat University Hospital in Hyderabad, where he died on Monday afternoon.
Pakistan Medical Association representative Dr. Mirza Ali Azhar criticized the government’s response to stray dog attacks, saying the animals continued to injure and kill people, including children, across Sindh.
He urged authorities to capture stray dogs and relocate them to designated shelters, where they could be neutered and fed with support from animal rights activists and local authorities.
Dr. Azhar also cited a recent Indus Hospital study that detected rabies virus RNA in 64 percent of samples collected from dog-bite wounds, highlighting concerns about the spread of the virus in Karachi.
Health experts warned that many rabies cases remain unreported because some victims rely on home remedies or faith healers instead of seeking medical treatment.
They stressed the need for public awareness, humane stray dog population control, and timely access to rabies vaccines and immunoglobulin at hospitals.
Rabies can be prevented through immediate wound cleaning and appropriate post-exposure treatment, but the disease is almost always fatal once symptoms appear.
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