Toddler Dies of Suspected Rabies in Palnadu Village

…was shifted to the government hospital in Guntur for better medical care that night. He died after developing encephalitis in the early hours of September 23. Palnadu district medical officer Dr Ratna Manmohan said, “ Based on clinical diagnosis, the boy died of suspected rabies. The boy’s parents told the doctor about a dog licking their son earlier. We found no mark of any dog bite or injury on the boy’s body. ” The health officials conducted a door-to-door survey covering around 130 people in the village soon after the boy’s death to check for any suspected cases of rabies. No such case had been found in the two days since…