Central commune a dog attack hot spot

Saturday, January 10, 2009 13:05:52 Vietnam (GMT+07)

E-mail to a friend Print version Central commune a dog attack hot spot Nineteen people from a commune in the central province of Binh Thuan were hospitalized Friday after being attacked by rabid dogs, Ho Chi Minh City doctors said. All the victims, from Binh Thuan’s Tan Phuc Commune, were listed as being in critical condition because of delays in transferring them to HCMC’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases, doctors said. Head of the hospital’s Examination Department Mai Xuan Thong told VNA it was the first time the hospital received so many people from one place bitten by rabid dogs in separate attacks. Doctors said “mad” dogs had attacked 57 people in Tan Phuc over the past six months, with two victims dying from rabies because of improper care and treatment.