6 Siak Residents Bitten By Animals Infecting Dogs, Cats And Monkeys

The URC Team Disnakkan Siak when visiting the victim's house was bitten by a rabies-contagious animal in Bungarraya District. (ANTARA/HO-Disnakkan Siak)

SIAK - The Rapid Response Unit (URC) Team of the Siak Regency Livestock and Fisheries Service, Riau, handled six victims of being bitten by rabies-infectious animals as well as giving continued rabies vaccines in Bungaraya District.

The head of the URC Disnakkan Team, drh Dian in Siak, Tuesday said that his party had been to the homes of the victims who were bitten by rabies-infectious animals to ensure the victim's condition was fine.

In addition, it also controls the development of wild animals that cause bits.

"In Bungaraya Subdistrict, in this month there were six victims who were bitten by wild animals that transmitted rabies, of which two people were bitten by dogs, three people were bitten by cats and one person was bitten by a monkey. For that, we from the URC team, taken care of Bungaraya District, checked the victim and tracked the animal whether it contained rabies or not, we will take action and give treatment," said Drh Dian as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 25.

He explained that usually the animal that is positive for rabies after biting will die by itself two or three days after biting the victim. But if during the 14 days that bite it doesn't die, it means it's not rabies.

One of the victims named Bella (14), a resident of Temusai Village, Bungaraya District, became a victim of a dog bite that lived wild around his school at SMP 02 Sabak Auh on July 18 last week.

Luckily, Bella was quickly treated and given the vaccine at the local health center after reporting the incident to her parents. And now Bella can go to school according to the advice of the doctor who treated her at the Puskesmas.

Regarding the Bella case, his party is waiting for the observation period until July 31 to track down the presence of the stray dog that bit the victim. However, at this time, his party still has not received any information on where the stray dog is.

Dian also asked the victim's family to confirm the person who lived around the crime scene to monitor the stray dog. Regarding whether he is still alive or dead.

"After all, for vigilance, anyone who cares about a dog or the like, we still direct it to rabies even though in observation he is free," he said.

According to him, the rabies dog bite is very dangerous for victims if it is not treated immediately. For this reason, Dian appealed to the public to always be vigilant and immediately report to Disnakkan so that treatment of the animal and the victim is carried out.