BAHAWALPUR: A three-day anti polio campaign which aims to vaccinate 600,000 children under the age of five kicked off here on Monday. The campaign was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rana Saleem Afzal at the Outdoor Department of the Victoria Hospital. Afzal urged the officials concerned not to leave any child under five unvaccinated and that negligence and mistakes which would affect the campaign’s efficacy would not be tolerated.
According to District Health Authority CEO Saeed Asgher, 1,401 teams have been formed for the campaign, including 1,103 mobile teams and 157 stationery teams, which will administer polio drops to children at the Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital, Civil Hospital, Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, basic healthcare units and rural healthcare centres. Asghar stated that 123 mobile teams would administer vaccinations at general bus stops, wagon stands, railway stations and toll plazas. 18 teams will perform their duties at markets.
Published in Daily Times, September 19th 2017.
