At the Bara Hindu Rao hospital in India's national capital, patients are a little far away from the ideal treatment.?
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Those?coming in to get anti-rabies shots are often attacked and bitten by hounds and angry monkeys, in what looks like a very strange, vicious cycle.?
As dogs roam freely in the vicinity of the hospital, most patients seeking rabies shots, regularly ask for another one as they are gnawed by the simians.
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The biggest hospital in the northern region managed by?North Municipal Corporation witnesses large troops of monkeys attacking patients as well as doctors. With no respite, the institute has turned a blind eye towards this situation.
A lot of people also claim that despite regular complaints, no action has been taken by the authorities so far, leaving distraught patients helpless and clueless.?
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"We get over 250-300 dog-bite cases and around 6,000 patients come for the rabies vaccination every month," a senior nurse said, requesting anonymity. "There are no efforts by the authorities of the hospital to shoo away the dogs from the premises," reports IndiaToday.?
The hospital and patients are equally troubled and stressed with the situation, with at least?3-5 cases of monkey bite every day.?
"We need to contain the population of stray dogs urgently to eradicate the problem of death by rabies, which has zero per cent survival rate," said Dr Sanjeev Nayyar, mayor of North Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Residents aren't sure of what can be done as part of the quick relief, however, sterilisation looks like an easy way out in this situation, that?does solve effectively is controlling the dog bites and nuisance behaviour of stray dogs.?
This situation may land a lot of patients into deep pain, as constant bites and attacks might instigate deep epidemic.?