Stray dog bites 10 people in Mettupalayam

COIMBATORE: A stray dog bit ten people at Mani Nagar in Mettupalayam on Thursday night.

All of them received treatment in Mettupalayam Government Hospital. While most of them sustained minor injuries, a couple had more severe bite marks and were examined by a surgeon. They have since been declared healthy.

A health official in the Mettupalayam GH stated that all the victims were vaccinated against rabies. "People with minor bites were administered anti-rabies vaccine (ARV), and those with severe bite marks were given an additional rabies immunoglobulin (RIG). On Friday morning, they were examined by a surgeon. They have been declared safe. No abnormalities have been reported. All ten people were treated as outpatients," the official added.

Meanwhile, based on the direction of Mettupalayam municipality commissioner R Amudha, municipality workers started to capture stray dogs for sterilising them. Around five stray dogs were captured on Friday.

There is no animal birth control (ABC) centre in Mettupalayam municipality. Recently, the council passed a resolution to establish an ABC centre.