India, Dec. 24 -- A five-year-old girl died of rabies on Sunday, nearly a month after she was bitten by a stray dog in Diva. The child died despite having received four doses of the anti-rabies vaccine, said her family members.

According to her family, the deceased, Nisha Shinde, a resident of Saibaba Nagar on Agasan Road in Diva, was bitten on the shoulder by a stray dog around 9:30 pm on November 17 while playing outside her home.

She was immediately taken to the Shastri Nagar Government Hospital in Dombivli, where doctors administered the first dose of the anti-rabies vaccine. She later received three more doses on November 20, November 24 and December 15.

According to her uncle, Devendra Kadam, the child's condition deteriorated af...