The parents of Abhirami, the young girl from Pathanamthitta who died of rabies, have moved the Justice Siri Jagan Committee seeking compensation for the death of their daughter. The girl was among the 21 persons in the State who died due to rabies this year.
The 12-year-old girl was bitten by a stray dog on August 13 around 8 a.m. near her house. She was administered intra-dermal rabies vaccine and equine rabies immunoglobulin. However, she developed fever and anxiety on the 19th day of dog-bite and died on the 23rd day.
The victim had sustained multiple wounds in high-risk areas of the body such as right upper and lower eyelids, right hands and legs. Since these areas are either in close proximity to the brain or in highly innervated areas, the possibility of the virus reaching the central nervous system in spite of administering the vaccine and immunoglobulin was high, noted the commission in its report submitted to the Supreme Court.
