Dog scare: 18 new cases reported in a single day

KARACHI: Around 18 new dog bite cases were reported in the city, according to Dr Seemin Jamali, the head of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre emergency department.

She said that the daily average of both old and new cases is around 50 people.

The 18 patients, which included 11 children and one woman, belonged to Chanesar Goth and were bitten by the same dog.

Dr Jamali said that the patients had category III bites and have been given the necessary treatment, which in.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 26^th, 2013.