More than 1.80 lakh children administered polio drops in the district during the polio campaign

Patiala, December 10: Till the third and final day of the Pulse Polio Campaign today, 1,80,115 children aged 0-5 years were administered polio drops in Patiala district. Giving information, District Immunization Officer Dr. Kushaldeep Gill said that on the last day of the polio campaign today, health teams visited 1,37,320 houses and administered polio drops to 27712 children.

Patiala, December 10: Till the third and final day of the Pulse Polio Campaign today, 1,80,115 children aged 0-5 years were administered polio drops in Patiala district. Giving information, District Immunization Officer Dr. Kushaldeep Gill said that on the last day of the polio campaign today, health teams visited 1,37,320 houses and administered polio drops to 27712 children.
 with which the 100 percent target of administering polio drops to children in the district has been achieved. Dr. Gill said that on the first day of the campaign, the Health Department had set up polio booths in public places, villages and cities as per the requirement and administered polio drops to children. 
The children who were deprived of taking polio medicine at the booths for some reason were administered polio vaccine drops by the teams of the Health Department on December 9 and 10. He also thanked the health staff, students of Mata Kaushalya Nursing School, Ashoka Nursing College, Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, social service organizations, Panchayats, various departments and the public for their support in successfully completing this campaign.