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Rabies Treatment in Sarnath, India

How we helped when this nomad got bitten by a dog in India

While I was in Sarnath, India I was bitten by a puppy that later bit 13 other people and died four days later of rabies. I was bitten on my index finger and wrist. Unfortunately, I didn't find out that the puppy had rabies until I reached Kathmandu the night of March 11.

I immediately went for rabies treatment at the CIWEC clinic in Kathmandu which treats western travelers. Because it had been 9 days since I was bitten I had to receive the human gobulin shot first and then the series of 5 shots. I got the first three shots in Kathmandu at this clinic.

I already had my plane ticket to fly to Guatemala where I went to the emergency room of the Herrera Llerandi Hospital in Guatemala City to get the 4th shot, due on March 25th, and to buy the 5th shot from them to take to the village of Panajachel where I will be staying so I can get that last shot without having to go back to Guatemala City.

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