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Suspected rabid dog killed after biting 22 people
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A black dog running wild in Shanghai’s Fengxian District bit more than 20 people before it was caught and killed.
Guhua Hospital in Fengxian said it had treated a total of 22 victims of the dog’s attacks — 10 of them between 9am and 10am yesterday.
Most of the patients had their legs bitten and they all said they had been attacked by a black dog with a neck strap near Renmin Road, Qixiang Road and Jianghai Road in Fengxian.
The hospital called on any other injured victims to receive vaccinations as soon as possible and said the dog was highly likely to have been affected with rabies.
The incident triggered an emergency plan and the hospital called back all medical staff on National Day holiday to treat patients’ wounds and inject rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin immediately.
Initially some patients only received rabies vaccine, which takes effect in about one week, but the hospital called them to have immunoglobulin injected too as that takes effect quickly.
By 4:30pm, nine men and 13 women had been treated.
The hospital also reported the attacks to the district disease control center and police, who found and then killed the dog to prevent further attacks.
The hospital reminded people that rabies can cause death and people bitten by dogs should receive rabies vaccine or immunoglobulin as soon as possible.
In Shanghai, dogs should have been vaccinated before being kept as pets and owners also have to register their dogs with public security authorities.
Last month, more than 20 people were bitten by a white dog in Chaoyang District of Beijing. It is not known whether that dog was caught.
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