Sarajevo Health Centers Lack Anti-Tetanus Vaccines: Buy It Yourself, If You Can Find It

If you want Sarajevo doctors to administer an anti-tetanus vaccine because you were bitten by a dog or sustained a cut, you will have to bring it yourself. These vaccines are unavailable at emergency services and Sarajevo health centers. They are also not available in every pharmacy, only in a few, and in limited quantities.

A reader of the news agency Patria, who was bitten by a dog two days ago, was sent from the emergency room to the Health Center in Vogosca by doctors, but they warned her that she had to buy the anti-tetanus vaccine herself, as health centers, and they themselves, have not had them in stock for some time!

- A dog bit me on the arm, so I sought help at the emergency room. Fortunately, it wasn't too serious, so they sent me to my doctor at the Health Center in Vogosca, but they told me I had to buy the anti-tetanus vaccine myself. Additionally, they warned me that I could only buy the vaccine at the pharmacy near Principov Most, where there are about ten vaccines left, or at the pharmacy in Hadzici, which is kilometers away from the city - the reader told Patria.

Her case, she notes, might have gone without this vaccine, but what would have happened, she wonders, if it had been an emergency case with more serious injuries.

In neighboring countries, those who need this vaccine are treated as emergencies and receive the vaccine immediately. The anti-tetanus vaccine is administered in cases of dog bites, insect bites, snake bites, injuries from dirty objects..., writes NAP.