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Grandmother Being Treated For Rabies Dies

Mon, 28 May 2012 6:46PM

A grandmother who was being treated for rabies after being bitten by a dog while on holiday in India has died.

The identity of the woman, who is reported to be in her 50s and from Greater London, has not been disclosed.

She was reportedly turned away twice by doctors at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Kent before being diagnosed.

The woman was being treated at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London.

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