The tragic death of eight-year-old Niya Faisal from Kollam, Kerala, on the very day she was to receive her fourth dose of anti-rabies vaccine, is deeply distressing. Even more alarming is the fact that she is the third such victim in the state in a single month. In all these cases, the victims had already received anti-rabies vaccines, raising serious questions about the effectiveness of the vaccine administration and the overall public health response. Niya’s parents allege that they were shunted from a primary health centre to another hospital, where valuable time was lost before a doctor finally attended to the child. Such negligence is unacceptable, especially........

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