An eight-year-old boy fought for his life after being viciously mauled by a avenue canine close to his residence in Sector 47, Chandigarh. The kid was bitten a number of instances on his head and left arm, and the assault solely stopped when his father rushed to his rescue, inflicting the canine to flee.
In response to Roshan Lal, he was parking the automobile close to their residence when Girik stepped out to stroll the quick distance to their house. The daddy and son duo had returned after watching Ramleela in Sector 46.
“It was hardly fifty toes from the residence. Immediately, a canine got here out of nowhere and viciously attacked Girik,” Lal instructed The Indian Specific.
Girik, already weak with a fractured proper arm from an earlier fall, was unable to defend himself. “He couldn’t combat a lot resulting from his fractured arm. The canine pulled him down, and earlier than I might react to his screams, it had already bitten him twice on the top and on his left arm,” Lal recounted.
Roshan instantly rushed to his son’s assist. “Had I not acted shortly, the scenario might have been a lot worse. The canine ran off when it noticed me approaching, however by then, my son’s head was bleeding profusely,” he added.
The kid was rushed to a neighborhood hospital for therapy. “He sustained two wounds on his head—one measuring 7.5 cm and the opposite 3.5 cm. He was additionally bitten on his left arm,” stated Roshan.
Initially, Girik, a pupil of Class 3 on the Authorities Mannequin Senior Secondary College in Sector 47, was referred to the Sector 32 hospital, however based on Roshan, the hospital didn’t take the matter critically. “We took him to the Sector 45 hospital as an alternative, the place he obtained correct therapy,” Roshan knowledgeable.
The household has since lodged a Day by day Diary Report (DDR) and knowledgeable the Medical Officer of the Municipal Company’s well being wing. Regardless of the severity of the assault, the road canine stays at massive within the sector, inflicting concern amongst native residents.
Girik is presently recovering from his accidents.
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