Indian Express 10.12.2010
Anti-rabies injections will be available at DMCH, CMCH now
Express News Service Tags : Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, Christian Medical College Posted: Fri Dec 10 2010, 05:16 hrs
Ludhiana: With the civil hospital not storing anti-rabies vaccine, due to which dog-bite patients go without treatment, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has tied up with the Christian Medical College (CMCH) and Hospital and Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). It has been decided that area councillors will authorise patients on their letterpad and these hospitals will do the vaccination free of cost. The MC will reimburse the hospitals at the end of the month.The decision was taken in a meeting held here on Thursday. Senior Deputy Mayor Parveen Bansal said: “At least three people died in the city in the last few months for want of anti-rabies vaccine. Though private hospitals have this vaccine, they charge Rs 1,500 per patient. Poor families cannot afford this treatment because the civil hospital, where they usually go for treatment, does not having this vaccine. Hence, we decided to have this tie-up.”
Mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura, Finance and Contract Committee member Pal Singh Grewal and many others were present in the meeting. The MC has also started a sterilisation and vaccination programme of dogs. But not all street dogs have been vaccinated yet and hence chances of dog-bite cases catching rabies are high.
