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Stray Dog Attacks Surge: 18 Daily Seek Vaccines

9/12/2025

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Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital and local health centers report a rise in patients needing anti-rabies vaccinations due to stray dog attacks, averaging 18 to 20 daily, primarily affecting children, women, and the elderly.
Doctors criticize the Thoothukudi Corporation for inadequate stray dog management, raising public safety concerns.
Over INR1.21 crore has been spent on anti-rabies vaccines since January, with 8,600 doses administered at TKMCH.
Despite twelve reported rabies-related deaths this year, local records dispute any fatalities.
The Corporation plans to set up an animal birth control unit by the end of September.

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Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital and local health centers report a rise in patients needing anti-rabies vaccinations due to stray dog attacks, averaging 18 to 20 daily, primarily affecting children, women, and the elderly.
Doctors criticize the Thoothukudi Corporation for inadequate stray dog management, raising public safety concerns.
Over INR1.21 crore has been spent on anti-rabies vaccines since January, with 8,600 doses administered at TKMCH.
Despite twelve reported rabies-related deaths this year, local records dispute any fatalities.
The Corporation plans to set up an animal birth control unit by the end of September.