Stray Dog Bite Kills 11-Year-Old in Sindh

An 11-year-old boy from Latifabad, Hyderabad, has died of rabies after a stray dog bite that went untreated for two months. The child, named Inam, did not inform his family about the bite and did not receive timely anti-rabies vaccination. Symptoms of the fatal disease surfaced just four days before he was admitted to Civil Hospital (Liaquat University Hospital) in Hyderabad, where doctors confirmed the diagnosis.

He was subsequently transferred to Jinnah Hospital in Karachi for treatment, but he succumbed to the disease on October 13.

This incident marks the fourth child killed by dog bites in Hyderabad district this year. The rising rabies death toll in Sindh has reached near 40 fatalities province-wide in 2026. Doctors emphasize that rabies is almost invariably fatal once clinical symptoms appear, but it can be prevented if the wound is cleaned thoroughly and vaccines are administered promptly after the bite.

Anyone who has been bitten or scratched by a dog should wash the injury with soap and running water for at least 15 minutes and seek immediate medical attention.

In a related case, another rabies death linked to a dog bite occurred in Tharparkar earlier this month, highlighting the gaps in timely post-exposure treatment across the province.