Archive · 29 Sep 2026
Panvel Civic Body Holds School Rabies Awareness Drives
The Panvel Municipal Corporation held school programmes about rabies.
Rabies is a dangerous disease that can spread through bites or scratches from infected animals.
Students learned how to stay away from animals that may be unsafe.
They were also taught to wash a bite or scratch with soap and running water for 15 minutes.
After washing the wound, a person should get medical help quickly.
Doctors may recommend anti-rabies vaccines and other treatment.
Keeping pets vaccinated can help prevent rabies.
People should also keep a safe distance from stray animals.
Early medical care is important because untreated rabies can seriously affect the nervous system.
The Panvel Municipal Corporation held rabies awareness programmes in schools on Monday for World Rabies Day.
Students learned how rabies spreads, how to prevent exposure, and why animal bites require immediate care.
The programmes were conducted through urban primary health centres across schools in Panvel Municipal Corporation’s jurisdiction.
The civic body advised washing bite or scratch wounds with soap and running water for 15 minutes.
Residents were urged to seek medical advice promptly, vaccinate pets regularly, and avoid stray animals.
- Who
- The Panvel Municipal Corporation, its Medical and Health Department, urban primary health centres, doctors, veterinary officers and health workers.
- What
- School awareness programmes were held to educate students about rabies prevention, vaccination and care after animal bites or scratches.
- When
- Monday, on the occasion of World Rabies Day.
- Where
- Schools across the Panvel Municipal Corporation area, including schools in New Panvel, Palekhurd, Ghotgaon, Tembhode, Padghe, Kharghar village and Kalundre-Bhingari.
- Why
- To explain how rabies spreads, reduce exposure risks and promote immediate wound care and timely medical treatment.
- Organizer
- Panvel Municipal Corporation’s Medical and Health Department
- Occasion
- World Rabies Day
- Wound care
- Wash the wound with soap and clean running water for 15 minutes
- Medical treatment
- Doctors may recommend anti-rabies vaccination and, when indicated, rabies immunoglobulin
- Prevention advice
- Regularly vaccinate pets and maintain a safe distance from stray animals
- Early symptoms
- Fever, headache, weakness and general discomfort
- Advanced symptoms
- Confusion, aggressive or abnormal behaviour, excessive salivation and hydrophobia