Deputy Commissioner Syed Hassan Raza inaugurated the anti-polio campaign by administering drops to children under five years of age at District Headquarters Hospital Narowal. DHO Narowal Health Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Dr. Zahid Randhawa, MS Dr. Afzal Rajpoot, DSV Mujahid Ali, Dr. Rahat Ali, In-charge Dialysis Department Tariq Shaheen, Nursing In-charge Maqbool Fatima and others were also present on this occasion.
The CEO Health said that arrangements had been completed for the first anti-polio campaign of this year, which will continue from 26th February to 1st March and over 370,912 children under five years of age would be given drops along with vitamin-A capsules. He said that 1,292 mobile teams had been formed for the campaign, in which 81 fixed and 38 transit teams would also work, while a total of 2,498 workers would be on duty, whose training has been completed.
The DC said that children are the future of the nation and if children are be healthy, their future will be bright. Therefore, we must administer polio drops to make our new generation healthy, he added. He said that in order to make the campaign successful, every member of society including political, social, religious.—APP