Rajhmundary, April 08: East Godavari collector M Ravi Chandra has sent a preliminary report to the government on the death of P Anusha.
The girl who was bitten by a stray dog on March 25, died on May 4 due to rabies. It was alleged that though her parents B Srinivas and Lakshmi took the girl to the government hospital soon after she was bitten by the dog, rabies vaccine was not administered to her due to lack of stock.
Anusha who was admitted to hospital with hydrophobia on Tuesday night, died after a few hours. In his report, the collector said there was no entry of Anusha’s case in the hospital register in March. Her parents claimed that they took their daughter to the hospital on March 26 for administration of rabies vaccine. Later, they got a TTinjection administered to her by a private doctor. Her parents said they could not afford to buy the injection.
The report said there was no stock of anti-rabies vaccine in the hospital between April 4 and 27. Earlier, the chief minister directed the collector to conduct an inquiry into the death of Anusha due to rabies, and submit a report.
–Agencies