<p>Poverty coupled with ignorance about the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) helpline stymied medical assistance to a woman who was bitten by a stray dog on her hand and nose at Jnanajyothi Nagar last Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Even a week after the incident, anti-rabies vaccine could not be administered to her.<br />Jyothi, 23, a resident of Jnanajyothi Nagar, was on her way to her parents’ house at Mallathahalli on Sunday evening when she was attacked by the dog. <br /><br />Jyothi fell on the ground when the dog bit her hand. The dog then pounced on her and bit her nose off and also injured her left eyebrow. <br /><br />She screamed for help, but the ferocity of the dog scared away passersby. Later, some people mustered courage and shooed it away.<br /><br />She was immediately taken to a private hospital, but her husband, Avinash, could not afford the anti-rabies vaccine. The doctors there advised her to get the vaccine within 14 days. <br /><br />The poor couple were not told about the BBMP helpline available to assist dog bite victims.<br /><br />On Saturday, when some news channels aired her story, the Joint Director of the BBMP animal husbandry department, Dr Parviz Ahmad Piran, came to Jyothi’s rescue.<br /><br />“The dog bite is severe as the injuries are on the face. We have rated it as category-3 bite. If the dog was rabid, then the consequences could be dangerous. <br /><br />We will provide her anti-rabies serum at our Banashankari hospital on Sunday,” Dr Piran told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Residents of the locality complained that the area had a number of stray dogs and the illegal dumping of garbage has only added to the problems. They demanded that the BBMP put an end to illegal dumping of garbage.<br /><br />Jyothi works at a private college and her husband Avinash is a medical representative.</p>
<p>Poverty coupled with ignorance about the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) helpline stymied medical assistance to a woman who was bitten by a stray dog on her hand and nose at Jnanajyothi Nagar last Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Even a week after the incident, anti-rabies vaccine could not be administered to her.<br />Jyothi, 23, a resident of Jnanajyothi Nagar, was on her way to her parents’ house at Mallathahalli on Sunday evening when she was attacked by the dog. <br /><br />Jyothi fell on the ground when the dog bit her hand. The dog then pounced on her and bit her nose off and also injured her left eyebrow. <br /><br />She screamed for help, but the ferocity of the dog scared away passersby. Later, some people mustered courage and shooed it away.<br /><br />She was immediately taken to a private hospital, but her husband, Avinash, could not afford the anti-rabies vaccine. The doctors there advised her to get the vaccine within 14 days. <br /><br />The poor couple were not told about the BBMP helpline available to assist dog bite victims.<br /><br />On Saturday, when some news channels aired her story, the Joint Director of the BBMP animal husbandry department, Dr Parviz Ahmad Piran, came to Jyothi’s rescue.<br /><br />“The dog bite is severe as the injuries are on the face. We have rated it as category-3 bite. If the dog was rabid, then the consequences could be dangerous. <br /><br />We will provide her anti-rabies serum at our Banashankari hospital on Sunday,” Dr Piran told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Residents of the locality complained that the area had a number of stray dogs and the illegal dumping of garbage has only added to the problems. They demanded that the BBMP put an end to illegal dumping of garbage.<br /><br />Jyothi works at a private college and her husband Avinash is a medical representative.</p>
