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Rafeeque, 52, a nonmigratory of Thoppumpady, was admitted to Government Maharaja’s Taluk Hospital astatine Karuvelippady, West Kochi, with a thorax corruption connected December 31.
The adjacent morning, helium was attacked by a battalion of dogs extracurricular the aged casualty artifact of the infirmary wherever helium was admitted. In the commotion, helium fell and sustained injuries to his backmost and head. The incidental was not isolated; a cleaning unit subordinate was reportedly bitten by a stray canine connected the infirmary premises earlier, which remains freely accessible owed to the lack of a compound wall.
Karuvelippady part councillor Kavitha Harikumar, who visited the infirmary aft the latest incident, said the installation had efficaciously go a haven for stray dogs. “I person asked the infirmary superintendent to instrumentality contiguous steps to physique a compound partition and restrict access. The superintendent successful crook said that it was the work of the Corporation pursuing which I person taken up the substance with the Mayor,” she said.
Ms. Harikumar noted that the accustomed signifier of releasing stray dogs astatine the aforesaid determination wherever they were captured aft vaccination cannot beryllium applied successful the lawsuit of the infirmary for evident reasons. Instead, she suggested that the dogs beryllium relocated to shelters.
The infirmary has been without a compound partition for years aft the erstwhile 1 was demolished for projected renovation works funded by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board. The connection made small progress, and the partition was ne'er rebuilt, leaving the premises unfastened to stray dogs that roam successful ample numbers astatine antithetic times.
When contacted, the infirmary authorities declined to comment.
“How tin they beryllium truthful apathetic towards a installation frequented by the poorest of the poor, arsenic it is their lone affordable healthcare enactment successful the region?” asked Jasmine Asharaf, sister of Mr. Rafeeque and his bystander astatine the hospital. A monolithic cleaning run has been scheduled astatine the infirmary adjacent week.
