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Siddharth Dialani praises quick rabies vaccine access in Koramangala via Clinikk, sparking debate by comparing Bengaluru healthcare to San Francisco experiences.
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A Bengaluru-based startup founder has triggered an online debate after praising the city’s healthcare access following a dog bite and contrasting it with a friend’s experience in the US.
Siddharth Dialani, founder of BharatAgri, said he received a rabies vaccine within minutes at a nearby clinic in Koramangala after being bitten by a friend’s pet dog during a house party.
Describing his experience as “peak healthcare”, he said people in India often take such accessibility for granted. In a post on X, Dialani wrote, “We take a lot of things for granted in India! I had an unfortunate event where I went to a friend’s place all excited for a house party and their pet dog bit me! Even though they assured me that the dog is vaccinated, I didn’t want to take any risk. Thanks to a company named Clinikk that runs many healthcare centres in Bangalore, where I got a walk-in rabies vaccine.”
Sharing his experience, Dilani said that one of his friends in San Francisco, who was bitten by a stray dog, struggled to find a rabies vaccine within a 10-mile radius despite an active search. “On the other hand, one of my friends in San Francisco got bit by a homeless dog (yes, there are homeless dogs in the USA!). My friend couldn’t find a rabies vaccine anywhere in a 10-mile radius,” he added.
We take a lot of things for granted in India!I had an unfortunate event where I went to a friend’s place all excited for a house party and their pet dog bit me!
Even though they assured me that the dog is vaccinated, I didn’t want to take any risk.
Thanks to a company named…
— Siddharth Dialani (@siddharth_iitm) March 29, 2026
How did netizens react?
Dialani’s post drew mixed reactions online, with several users questioning the comparison.
One user, who saw the post, commented about the accessibility in urban pockets like Bengaluru. “Getting anything in Koramangala is very easy. When this happens in 65% of the population living in rural areas who still struggle to get basic medical facilities, it’s not really a win,” he wrote.
While others highlighted that the US has largely eliminated dog-to-human rabies transmission, reducing the routine availability of vaccines.
“Well, did you ask yourself why that could be? That is because the US has eliminated dog-to-human rabies transmission,” a user wrote, adding, “Without a doubt, US health care is more expensive than India’s, but there are countless things that countries like the US are doing right that we need to learn from.”
A third user’s comment read, “The comparison is pretty weird. He might find a clinic 25 miles away, which he can reach in 30 mins, while your 1 km journey might take more than an hour.”
March 30, 2026, 11:59 IST
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