Stray dogs bite 27
At least 27 people, including a policeman, were injured as stray dogs bit them in Barguna district town on Sunday and the day before. Fear of dog biting gripped the town but local hospital and municipality were facing crisis of anti-rabies vaccine, said the victims. The victims sustained injuries from Saturday noon to Sunday morning, said loclals. Abdus Salam, police constable, said a dog bit him on Sunday morning when he was going to a mobile court in Kitchen market area. Injured Nur Mohammad of Burir Char area said he did not get medicine from Barguna Sadar Hospital due to scarcity of anti-rabies vaccine. The crisis of vaccines prevailed as the stock finished on Saturday, said civil surgeon Dr AHM Jahirul Islam.
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