Five persons suffered dog bite at Periya Pottalpatti near Maraneri on Sunday.
All the injured were rushed to Primary Health Centres in Maraneri before being referred to Government hospital in Sivakasi.
Hospital sources said that all the five including an eight-year-old girl, Ranjana, were administered anti-rabies vaccine.
Two of them, Pulugandi, 40, and Eswari, 50, who had got severe wounds on their legs and hence they were given immunoglobulin injection to prevent infection.
They would be kept under observation for two days before being discharged.
Published – August 24, 2025 08:51 pm IST
