Bear has grievously injured a tribal identified as Lakhan Korwa, 40, under the Kutku range of the tiger reserve Palamu.
P K Jena deputy director north division PTR said Korwa has been shifted to RIMS Ranchi on Thursday after his primary treatment at the community health centre at Bhandarya and at the Sadar Hospital Garhwa.
The bear has badly injured his face. His muscles are damaged, said the doctor V K Rajak of the community health centre at Bhandarya who had first examined him on Thursday.
Korwa was given an anti rabies shot and some loose stitches just to save his blood veins being infested with the virus.
At Sadar Hospital Garhwa he was given a shot of immunoglobulin, said a surgeon Dr Amit Kumar.
Deputy director north Jena said a forest guard has gone with him for his treatment in RIMS Ranchi.
PTR will bear his medical expenses till he recovers. This is the first bear attack on humans in 2024.
When winter changes in to summer bears start prowling and never miss to attack humans. Here too Korwa was taken by surprise when the bear attacked him quite abruptly.
