Nepal, April 22 -- NARAYANGADH (CHITWAN), April 22: As many as 200 patients visit Bharatpur Hospital on a daily basis for anti-rabies vaccine. However, due to acute shortage of the vaccine, they return home disappointed bearing the risk of viral disease transmitted through bites of rabid animals.

Binod Lama of Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC)-12, rushed his 11-year-old daughter, who was bitten by a rabid dog, to the Hospital for vaccination. Much to his dismay, the staffers at the Hospital mentioned the shortage of vaccines in the Hospital and he was left with no choice but to go out of the hospital to get the vaccine.

"Isn't it strange that the Hospital is running short of vaccines! Where do we avail the vaccine then? "fumed Gurung, a...