Dog bite victim left ‘anxious and fearful’

The woman asked Mr Ramirez if he wanted to walk to a hospital about 10 minutes away but he said he could not due to shock and feeling dizzy.

The woman offered to call an ambulance but left the scene without doing so, leaving him to seek medical help on his own.

“At that point, I’m like, ‘OK, I guess I’m alone in this’ and I just assumed they didn’t call an ambulance,” Mr Ramirez said.

Instead he walked to the nearby hospital for treatment.

“My right hand got the majority of it. I have two large bites which needed stitches, and there’s still numbness in my index finger and thumb,” he said.

Mr Ramirez said the recovery time could be about six months and it was possible the numbness would remain permanently.

He added: “It took a toll on me mentally from not being able to do things and feeling low and down about the whole situation.”