Man dies of rabies after contracting disease from bats that frequently entered their home
Gary Giles died of rabies after his symptoms went undetected as the disease slowly infected his brain and other organs, ultimately leading to his death
A 55-year-old man from Utah has died of rabies, the first death of its kind in state since 1944. Gary Giles, a Moroni man, succumbed to the disease on Sunday.
KSL reports that Gary struggled for weeks in the hospital as the disease slowly worsened. It infected his brain and other organs, ultimately leading to his death. The doctors were unable to do anything to save him. Giles contracted the disease from bats that frequently entered his home. His wife Juanita Giles and him did not realise that the bats around their house were rabid and carriers of this deadly virus.
