Another rabies death in Punjab as 70-year-old Anwar dies at Mayo Hospital Lahore
LAHORE: Rabies, a disease spread by dog bites, has claimed another life in Punjab. Anwar, 70, died while undergoing treatment at Mayo Hospital in Lahore.
According to doctors, Anwar, a resident of Jaranwala, was injured when a dog bit him two months ago. He first went to the DHQ Hospital in Nankana Sahib, from where he was shifted to Mayo Hospital in Lahore on 17 October.
Anwar was kept in the hospital’s isolation ward. He died after two days of treatment.
Doctors said the patient had already developed symptoms of rabies. Three deaths from the disease have been reported in Punjab so far this month.
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