Anti-polio Campaign Inaugurated In Jhang

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published January 21, 2019 | 10:06 PM

Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) General Shahid Abbas Joeya here on Monday inaugurated anti-polio drive by administering polio vaccine to a child at DHQ Hospital

JHANG, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jan, 2019 ) :Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) General Shahid Abbas Joeya here on Monday inaugurated anti-polio drive by administering polio vaccine to a child at DHQ Hospital.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Health Dr Younas Rasheed and senior doctors were present.

The ADCG said that parents should cooperate with polio teams and get their kids vaccinated against polio and other diseases.

The CEO Health said in his briefing that 490,893 children up to 5 years of age would be given anti-polio drops in the district for which 1,135 mobile teams had been constituted. He said that in 85 union councils, 220 area in-charge and 994 mobile teams would work for eradication of polio.