Health authorities urge public to get medical treatment for animal bites instead of using ‘tandok’

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00:00Tandok is not an effective rabies treatment, health authorities say, and urge the public

00:06to seek medical treatment when bitten by animals instead.

00:09Diane Gurimbalem from Public Information Agency, Mimaropa, tells us more.

00:16The Provincial Health Office, or PHO, warned the public about the danger of opting for

00:21tandok treatment for animal bites. In 2024, two deaths caused by rabies have been recorded by

00:28the PHO. The patients sought treatment from tandok, a traditional method of extracting

00:34rabies from a wound using animal corns. He added that those deaths would have been

00:48preventable if they had sought proper treatment from an animal bite center.

00:53TRIA reminded the public that rabies is deadly and should not be taken for granted,

00:58and advised that if bitten or scratched by an animal such as a dog or cat,

01:03immediately wash the wound with clean running water and soap for 10 to 15 minutes.

01:08In 2024, the PHO recorded 21,433 animal bite cases in the province,

01:26exhibiting a 61% increase compared to the data in 2023. In response, the local government,

01:34in partnership with the Surveillance Integrating Phylogenetics and Epidemiology for Elimination of

01:40Disease, or SPEDIR, conducted in January this year an integrated bite case management

01:46introductory training to capacitate frontliners in the province.

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