Lahore has seen an upsetting upsurge in incidents of stray dog bites that has raised serious public health concerns.
As per hospital records 1,409 dog bite cases have been reported at ten government hospitals from last month to date with women and children among the affected.
Officials said that Mayo Hospital alone recorded 46 dog bite cases during this month and of the victims brought to the hospital, 13 were women.
Health authorities have expressed concern over the growing number of cases and stressed the need for urgent preventive measures across the city.
The Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz has taken notice of the rising dog bite cases and asked the competent authorities to report.
Earlier it was reported as many as 300 dog-bite cases were reported at the Indus Hospital in Korangi during the first five days of the New Year, that shows a worrying increase in attacks by stray canines in several neighbourhoods of the metropolis.
According to Manager of the Rabies Prevention Clinic at Indus Hospital, Aftab Gauhar, the figures of the dog bite cases are alarming.
The hospital shared images of children attacked by stray dogs. Faces disfigured for life, eyes damaged, lips torn away, the pictures were too graphic to go in print.
He said a visible increase in stray dog attacks has been recorded in areas including Korangi, Landhi, Baldia, Hub Chowki and Gadap Town.
