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JAIPUR: Eight months after an eight-year-old boy was first attacked by a pack of dogs, he had to face the same ordeal again in Jaipur's Mansarovar area in Rajasthan on Friday.

Jayesh Sharma, who was hospitalised for two days then, is back in the hospital for a surgery after nerves in his neck were severed by the dog’s teeth.

Sharma is a resident of Radha Nikunj Colony on ISCON Road in Mansarovar area. In the evening, when he stepped out of his house to play with other children, he was attacked by a stray dog. The dog attacked his neck and destroyed tissues along with severing nerves around his neck.

His father was not at home when the incident took place. His grandfather, Kailash Sharma, a priest of a temple, along with his mother, rushed the boy to the emergency unit of Sawai Man Singh Hospital. He was referred to Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics for his treatment.

“The dogs have attacked my son for the second time. This time around, the attack was more lethal,” said Kailash Sharma, father of the boy.

The doctors performed surgery to stop bleeding from the severed nerves. “Before the surgery, the doctors told us that the injuries are serious and my son could die. But, the operation was successful, which was performed by the doctors in the night (Friday-Saturday intervening night),” said Sharma.

In the incident, the boy lost blood. The doctors transfused four units of blood to compensate the loss.

It is not the first such incident was reported in the state. In May, a nine-year-old Daksh Jain had to be admitted to Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital in Mansarovar area of Jaipur, after a street dog attacked him.

Recalling the incident, Ashish Chhabra, father of Daksh Jain, said, “In our colony, such incidents frequently happen. There is a menace of stray dogs or street dogs in the area. We have complained to Jaipur Municipal Corporation several times, but not much has been done to prevent such incidents.”

His son has recovered but the memories full of horror are still alive in his mind.

