Ahmed Mukhtar Naqshbandi
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Lahore’s Additional Deputy Commissioner (Headquarters) Shahid Abbas Kathia formally inaugurated the anti-polio drive by administering the vaccine to children at the Mian Mir Hospital on Saturday.
During the seven-day drive starting from February 13, more than 2.8 million children under five years of age will be given polio vaccines, and for this purpose, 6,360 teams have been formed.
Monitoring officers to make polio drive a success
ADC Kathia said that union council monitoring officers and area in-charges would perform duties in the field to make polio drive a success.
He maintained that all district officers and assistant commissioners would monitor the drive in their respective tehsil.
He urged parents to give their children anti-polio drops to protect them from the crippling disease.
The ADC warned that no one would be allowed to show a careless attitude toward the campaign. He said that immunization of every child below five years of age would be ensured.
