KANPUR: A teacher at a government school and his son died within a span of a week due to rabies infection after they were bitten by their pet cat in Akbarpur town in Kanpur, reports Faiz Siddiqui.
District officials said the cat was earlier bitten by a dog, which was infected with rabies, sometime in September.
A health officer said the victim, Imtiazuddin, 58, was headmaster and had a pet cat, which was bitten by a rabies-infected dog.”About a fortnight ago, both Imitiazuddin and his son Azeem Akhtar, were bitten and scratched by the cat,” he said. “Instead of getting an anti-rabies vaccine, both of them got tetanus injection. On November 21, the family left for Bhopal to attend a wedding where Azeem’s health started deteriorating,” the officer added.
District officials said the cat was earlier bitten by a dog, which was infected with rabies, sometime in September.
A health officer said the victim, Imtiazuddin, 58, was headmaster and had a pet cat, which was bitten by a rabies-infected dog.”About a fortnight ago, both Imitiazuddin and his son Azeem Akhtar, were bitten and scratched by the cat,” he said. “Instead of getting an anti-rabies vaccine, both of them got tetanus injection. On November 21, the family left for Bhopal to attend a wedding where Azeem’s health started deteriorating,” the officer added.