Summary:
NOIDA: As government hospitals in Gautam Budh Nagar have been facing a shortage of anti-rabies vaccines (ARV) for the past several days, dog-bite patients are forced to visit private clinics for the injection.
RD Garg, a 57-year-old resident of Sai Apartment in Sector 71, was bitten by a stray dog on Friday.
He claimed that he was denied treatment at the district hospital in Sector 30 and was told that the ARV was out of stock.
“The doctors there said that despite repeated reminders, the vaccines are not been supplied to them from the state headquarters in Lucknow.
Finally, I purchased the vaccines from the market and started the treatment,” Garg said.
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NOIDA: As government hospitals in Gautam Budh Nagar have been facing a shortage of anti-rabies vaccines (ARV) for the past several days, dog-bite patients are forced to visit private clinics for the injection.
RD Garg, a 57-year-old resident of Sai Apartment in Sector 71, was bitten by a stray dog on Friday.
He claimed that he was denied treatment at the district hospital in Sector 30 and was told that the ARV was out of stock.
“The doctors there said that despite repeated reminders, the vaccines are not been supplied to them from the state headquarters in Lucknow.
Finally, I purchased the vaccines from the market and started the treatment,” Garg said.
Similarly, BN Mukherjee of Sector 25 said that he was denied the ARV dose by the district hospital, when he was bitten by a stray dog on Saturday.
“The doctors said that they are not sure about the date of arrival of the vaccines in the hospital.