No bite is too small: See a doctor immediately after a dog bite or scratch, warn experts
Updated On: 27 March, 2026 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Six months later, though her health deteriorated and though she was taken to the hospital, she died during treatment with rabies being cited as the cause

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A little girl passed away from rabies after she failed to take the vaccine shots, citing fear of injections. She succumbed to the infection at a hospital recently, six months after she sustained a minor injury from a stray dog.
Reports stated the child had been taken to a hospital a day after she was scratched by a dog, but she did not take the injection as she was afraid. The slight wound healed, and that was what everyone thought.
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