Vaccine failure under scrutiny

A 47-year-old auto-driver from Royapettah, Chennai, has died of rabies despite completing the full post-exposure vaccination regime and receiving immunoglobulin after being bitten by a stray dog, prompting health authorities to examine potential gaps in the system.

- HD Bureau

The victim, A. Mohammed Nasarudeen, was bitten on his right leg on 28 July, treated the same evening at Royapettah Government Hospital where he was administered Rabies Immunoglobulin and the first Anti-Rabies Vaccine dose. He later took the remaining doses