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In a bid to forestall rabies and control animal bite cases successful the city, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) volition commencement wide immunisation of stray dogs and favored dogs successful August.
As galore arsenic 1.47 lakh animals, including stray dogs and pets, were immunised arsenic portion of the anti rabies vaccination thrust past year. This twelvemonth the fig is expected to summation to 1.7 lakh dogs. Residents person been asked to get their pets immunised erstwhile Chennai Corporation workers sojourn the neighbourhoods for wide immunisation of stray dogs.
According to information compiled successful assorted hospitals in the city, the fig of canine wound cases has been expanding during the past fewer months. In April, the canine wound cases accrued to 4390 erstwhile compared with 3970 cases successful March. In February, the fig of canine wound cases was 3479 portion 3381 persons received attraction successful the hospitals successful January.
Of the 14 large hospitals wherever a ample fig of carnal wound cases are registered in Chennai, Periyar Government Hospital successful Periyar Nagar has registered the highest number, with 844 cases successful April. Government Peripheral Hospital successful KK Nagar registered 592 carnal wound cases successful the aforesaid month. Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital has registered 542 carnal wound cases successful April, portion Government Royapettah Hospital treated 483 cases. Government Stanley Hospital registered 450 cases, portion Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital registered 298 cases.
The Chennai Corporation person not been capable to measure the interaction of carnal wound cases successful the metropolis arsenic galore of the backstage hospitals person not shared information astir assorted carnal wound cases. Residents person besides complained astir carnal wound injuries caused by assorted animals including rats.
Corporation officials said further carnal commencement power centres astatine 5 caller locations are expected to beryllium launched successful three months.
