SIX YEAR OLD BOY DIES FOLLOWING DOG BITE

By Arnold Tutu

A six year old boy of Lusaka’s Mtendere Township has died of suspected rabies following a dog bite.

The boy identified as BIDON JERE Junior was bitten by the neighbour’s dog on December 21, 2022 and was rushed to Mtendere clinic.

The clinic referred him to the University Teaching Hospital -UTH- for treatment.

Zambia Police acting spokesperson DANNY MWALE says according to the boy’s father BIDON JERE, his son started exhibiting strange behaviour by biting clothes, bed sheets and anything that came his way.

Mr. MWALE said this was happening when the boy was admitted in hospital on January 30, 2023 until he died.

He said a postmortem will be conducted to ascertain the exact cause of death.

The post SIX YEAR OLD BOY DIES FOLLOWING DOG BITE appeared first on .