11th rabies patient died in Kalasin

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11th rabies patient died in Kalasin

By Thai PBS

 

 

Another person has died from rabies in Kalasin province, bringing the death toll to 11 since the outbreak began in January this year.

 

Dr Suwanchai Watanayingcharoensuk, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said the latest patient died from rabies was a 42-year-old man.

 

Prior to admittance to Kakasin provincial  hospital, he was bitten by stray dog 6-8 months ago. The patient had no record of rabies vaccination, and never had his bite wound cleaned, he said.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/11th-rabies-patient-died-kalasin/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-06-18

[oldlakey]

Rabies is endemic in Thailand and always will be, this is because of endemic ignorance and stupidity of all things concerned with rabies

[FitnessHealthTravel]

It's because there is no animal control.  Like most things there is no management and this is the result.  There are also Facebook groups popping up now saying there are no problems and that the Rabies issues is 'fake news' They are also getting together and dropping feed along Soi's.  I had a heated argument with two foreign women outside my house as they were leaving food on my lawn and the 10 strays were hanging there.  Neither food nor the stray are there anymore after I pointed out the issues I have with it.  As sad as it is they need to be controlled.  Get bitten and it is not less than Baht 30,000 for treatment.  Not kidding, we have had several friends bitten over the past few years and this is what they charged in the International Hospitals for Rabies vaccine.

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, FitnessHealthTravel said:

Get bitten and it is not less than Baht 30,000 for treatment.

Public hospital the same vaccine and numerous other injections I think I paid less than Bt500.

[ukrules]

He should have gone and got some anti rabies shots shortly after the incident. Surely Thai people are aware of what Rabies is ?

 

[oldlakey]

3 minutes ago, ukrules said:

He should have gone and got some anti rabies shots shortly after the incident. Surely Thai people are aware of what Rabies is ?

 

See Post 2

[Stargeezr]

But, but,  lets not kill those precious soi dogs.  No no that would  not  work.

[Vacuum]

4 minutes ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

But, but,  lets not kill those precious soi dogs.  No no that would  not  work.

Root them out!

[Vacuum]

On 6/18/2018 at 9:35 PM, oldlakey said:

Rabies is endemic in Thailand and always will be, this is because of endemic ignorance and stupidity of all things concerned with rabies

Yes, not culling these free-roaming stray dogs and not fining people who feed them is stupid.

[wildewillie89]

The Mrs went to a rabies conference the other day. I think it was 22 cases of animals dying of rabies in our province. Out of the 16 districts, only 4 districts haven't had a case so it is widespread. No human deaths so our province is being looked at to see what they are doing differently (no human deaths is dumb luck if you ask me). Looks like the governor is about to announce the province as a red zone. Prior to this year we hadn't had a rabies case for I think 12 years, and my immediate area had never had one. So not an exaggeration like many members on TV and Rescue Dog group claim. 

It is mostly a huge lack of education, particularly by the older (higher ranked/most powerful) officials. One old official even thought that you could not vaccinate cows. Defensor 3, which is the rabies vaccine most provinces are using this year, literally has written on it 'for use in dogs, cats, cattle and sheep only'. Real effective steps will not be able to put in place until those leading the charge get a basic understanding of the problem.

Other than the annual vaccination, educational posters being put up in the relevant spots, education on washing/going hospital being spoken about in village meetings/on loud speakers and in schools there are a few other ideas.

For example, they are looking at introducing dogs wearing vaccine collars and receiving fines if they do not. Many areas will try and do the faint drug and desexing at the same time as vaccine being administered next year. That is difficult though as the law doesn't allow local governments to buy the faint drug, only the vet office can. Many officials now are also pushing for a tax on dogs to be introduced. So people pay a yearly fee after showing vaccine records. The point of it is to make sure their dogs do get vaccinated and hopefully neutered/spayed at the same time. A fine will be issued for not paying the tax, and those dogs that end up with puppies will need to pay further taxes for each puppy. The dumped dogs (usually at the temple) will be rounded up and vaccinated/desexed. 

All well and good if the ideas get up. Just depends how much work the guys at the top want to do as it requires a slight change in some legislation and also, as always, there are major problems with who will be enforcing fines.