65-year-old Songkhla man is 17th death from rabies

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65-year-old Songkhla man is 17th death from rabies

By The Nation

 

A 65-year-old man died of rabies in Songkhla this week, raising the rabies death toll this year to 17, a spokesman of the Disease Control Department said on Thursday.
 

Doctor Assadang Ruay-arjin, deputy director general and spokesman for the department, said the man was admitted to a hospital in Songkhla with chest pain and had difficulty swallowing, before he tested positive for rabies and died.

 

The man was bitten by a dog on his left wrist in January but his relatives could not tell where the incident happened. The man also took care of some 80 stray dogs at home.

 

Assadang said public health officials have inspected the neighbourhood to provide rabies shots to people at risk.

 

So far, 17 people in 14 provinces have been killed by rabies this year. Two each died in Buri Ram, Rayong and Songkhla and one each in Surin, Trang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phatthalung, Nong Khai, Yasothon, Kalasin, Mukdahan, Tak and Surat Thani.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30356688

 

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[PatOngo]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

So far, 17 people in 14 provinces have been killed by rabies this year. Two each died in Buri Ram, Rayong and Songkhla and one each in Surin, Trang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phatthalung, Nong Khai, Yasothon, Kalasin, Mukdahan, Tak and Surat Thani.

But still they keep feeding the dogs.

[Topdoc]

In Latin America, significant declines in dog-mediated
human rabies have resulted from investing 20% of the
total costs of prevention into mass dog vaccination at
a cost of US$ 0.11 per person

 

https://caninerabiesblueprint.org/IMG/pdf/who_2015_rationale_for_rabies_investment.pdf 

[from the home of CC]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The man was bitten by a dog on his left wrist in January but his relatives could not tell where the incident happened. The man also took care of some 80 stray dogs at home.

Reap what you sow.

[ChrisY1]

China has just fined the producer of a rabies vaccine *among other drugs) $1.3 billion for producing fake pharmaceuticals...could Thailand have purchased from them?

Seems to be something they would be happy to do at a discount!

[puipuitom]

And that more than 100 years after the discovery of a treatment...= vaccination

[Stargeezr]

Yes I believe that Thailand and Thais have to get a whole new attitude

to change the rabies situation. Won't happen in my lifetime.

Maybe my grand daughters if lucky.

Geezer