Young Girl Dies from Rabies in Karachi

KARACHI: (Web Desk) – A young girl suffering from rabies passed away at Indus Hospital, hospital officials reported Tuesday. The girl had been brought to the hospital Monday night after being bitten by a stray dog two months earlier but had not received the life-saving vaccine, according to Dr. Aftab Gohar, in charge of the hospital’s Rabies Clinic.

This marks the third death from dogbite-related rabies in the city this year. Another case was reported on February 23, 2026, when a 75-year-old Lyari resident was admitted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre exhibiting advanced rabies symptoms, including hydrophobia and photophobia. The patient is under medical supervision and receiving palliative care.

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Health authorities confirmed that this is the fifth rabies case reported in Sindh so far this year, reflecting a troubling increase in dogbite incidents across the province. Experts stress that rabies deaths are preventable with prompt post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), which can stop the virus from reaching the central nervous system.