A Legislator realised what the common man has to go through in times of emergencies, when he was bitten by stray dogs and his aides were unable to find anti-rabies drug in the city. It was only when a host of his workers spread out over the city that a primary dose was found but the leader now requires a more powerful drug, which has to be imported from the USA.
<img title="Jankar was bitten by stray dogs outside his Goregaon residence on Thursday night when he tried shooing them away. File pic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/apr/Mahadev-Jankar.jpg" alt="Jankar was bitten by stray dogs outside his Goregaon residence on Thursday night when he tried shooing them away. File pic" /> Jankar was bitten by stray dogs outside his Goregaon residence on Thursday night when he tried shooing them away. File pic
The incident occurred with Mahadev Jankar, a member of legislative council (MLC) and the national president of the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP), an ally of the BJP. At 10 pm on Thursday, Jankar was out for a post-dinner walk outside his residence in Nivara Hakka Samiti in Goregaon (East).
&ldquo;I spotted an elderly man being attacked by 7-8 strays. I tried to shoo the dogs away. Instead of running away scared, some strays attacked me and bit me on my thighs,&rdquo; Jankar told mid-day from Astha Hospital in Kandivli. He was discharged from the hospital late in the afternoon yesterday.
Jankar&rsquo;s aide, Vaibhav Borade, said he rushed to the spot when he heard Jankar shouting from a distance. &ldquo;We had dinner together. Before I could reach the spot (not far from the home), Jankar was bleeding profusely. His shorts were torn and soaked in blood,&rdquo; he said.
Dogged pursuit According to Jankar, his tribulations started when he was rushed to a nearby clinic. &ldquo;Since the clinic didn&rsquo;t have the anti-rabies drug available, my desperate workers travelled across the city in four separate vehicles to get it.
Somehow, they managed to get the medicine and I was given the first dose at 3.30 am,&rdquo; said the MLC, who was shifted to the Kandivli hospital on Friday morning. Due to this incident, it dawned on Jankar that a common man could&rsquo;ve been in worse trouble.
&ldquo;One can imagine the plight of a common man in a similar situation. I could get the drug because I had help and resources at hand. What will the poor do in such cases?&rdquo; said Jankar, who hails from rural parts of western Maharashtra.
He also demanded a permanent solution to the stray dog menace. This administered dose, however, is a primary one. The legislator said he was advised to get a high-power &lsquo;Albumin Anti-Rabies 1400IN&rsquo; drug because of the nature of the injury.
This drug is not recommended for all and a senior drugs department official told Jankar that it is not available in India. &ldquo;The drugs department officials have assured me that they will help me get the drug from America. I have been given one dose of anti-rabies and will need six more shots,&rdquo; he said.

Mahadev Jankar, a member of legislative council, says his workers scoured the entire city to find drug, since clinic he went to didn&rsquo;t have it; he was bitten by dogs outside his Goregaon home

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