PESHAWAR: Rat bite killed a child in Peshawar’s Hassan Garhi area, which is swarmed by the increasing population of rodents.
Uzair, a child of a family living in Hassan Garhi locality of Peshawar was bitten by a rat, was died of a deadly infection after the incident, relatives said.
He was provided medical treatment but could not survive the infection caused by the rodent bite, family members said.
The population in the northwestern city of Pakistan faces a growing number of rodent population causing threat to human health by contaminating food, biting people apart of damage to the fabric of houses and shops.
In Hassan Garhi, five people reportedly injured in the rat bite incidents aprt of the death of young Uzair.
According to reports in last three years five persons have lost their lives by the infections caused by the rat bite.
