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I am lucky because I could pay for a vaccine
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am lucky because I could pay for a vaccine. If you are infected with rabies after being bitten by a dog, you need rabies immunoglobulin. Without it, you may die.
It's not just hospitals in Bali that said so, but the European hospital group SOS told me the same thing. When I was bitten by a rabid dog, I needed the vaccine within seven days. So we flew to Singapore to get our vaccination.
Besides me, seven local people were attacked by the same dog, but I do not know what has happened to them now. If they were infected they have possibly died, especially if there was nobody to help them.
Many people in Bali think that people who are attacked by dogs do not need vaccines. But this issue is big news in European countries.
So please inform the people. The Jakarta Post can start saving lot of lives and maybe also the tourist industry in Bali and Indonesia.
Harry van de Pol
Sanur, Bal
