18,000 dog bite happened in Karachi during 2018.

KARACHI -- More than 18,000 dog bite cases happened in Karachi city in the year 2018, but the Sindh Health Department has failed to establish vaccination centers in district health facilities.

The dog bite cases have been reported in Rabies Centre of Civil Hospital Karachi and Anti-Rabies Clinic of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC). The Sindh largest tertiary hospital, known as Civil Hospital Karachi, has recorded 10,288 rabies cases which were vaccinated, while 7,697 such cases were also vaccinated at JPMC previous year.

The rabies is a preventable disease transmitted to humans through the bite of infected animals. However, in Pakistan, 99pc cases are caused by dog bites.

The majority of dog bite cases were reported from slums areas of Ibrahim Hyderi, Surjani, North Karachi, New Karachi, Baldia, Orangi, Keamari, Mehmoodabad, Liaquatabad, Federal B Area and Golimar. The children and elderly people generally become victims of dog...