RAWALPINDI: the town District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) has did not launch its anti-polio campaigns within the district, particularly in unsound union councils (UC), that had to be delayed as a result of the political scenario within the populated area.
It has currently been set to launch the campaigns within the last week of September throughout the national protection days (NID), despite the fact that the twelve unsound union councils of the district required immediate attention.
A senior official of the health department told Dawn that as a result of the political tension in Islamabad, there was a shortage of workers associated an insecure scenario within the garrison town, since the roads and streets were blocked throughout the last one month.
He aforesaid the health workers needed police protection within the unsound union councils to administer anti-polio vaccinum, however the police was busy handling participants of the PTI and PAT sit-ins.
The anti-polio campaigns were delayed thrice in August and early September, the official aforesaid, adding that the department did not get security clearance for the campaign.
He admitted that there was a dire have to be compelled to launch the drives in unsound union councils because the environmental samples of those areas had tested positive for enterovirus in might.
Campaigns were to be control in August, however the health department couldn't get security clearance
“According to the protocol, the health department ought to launch special campaigns within the unsound union councils, forthwith once detection of a poliomyelitis case in near districts. In Chakwal, a toddler was diagnosed with the virus, whereas there are look of recent poliomyelitis cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),” he said.
He aforesaid there was mass movement of individuals from KP in Rawalpindi’s unsound union council.
These areas embrace Pirwadhai, Dhoke Hassu, Dhoke Mangtal, Khayaban-i-Sir Syed, Fauji Colony together with 3 wards of the encampment and 2 union councils in Taxila.
When contacted, District Officer Health Dr Khalid Randhawa aforesaid there have been rumours regarding the shortage of vaccinum.
“We had adequate stock of the vaccinum, which can be enough for subsequent few months,” he processed.
He aforesaid as a result of the political scenario and security issues, the anti-polio campaigns had to be delayed in August.
However, he aforesaid the govt would launch the campaigns in September and it'd cowl all the areas in each district across the province.
Dr Randhawa superimposed that as a result of the regular campaigns within the finish of September, there was no have to be compelled to launch special campaigns in unsound union councils.
He aforesaid the health department had launched several campaigns within the unsound union councils before and through Ramazan, which might be enough.
District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajid Zafar Dall conjointly confirmed that the anti-polio campaigns weren't delayed as a result of shortage of vaccinum and aforesaid they were delayed as a result of inaccessibility of adequate security.
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