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| 2nd round of PPI at Gandhi Nagar Hospital | | Over 17 lakh children estimated to bring under the campaign | |  early times report
jAmmu, Apr 15: Minister of State for Health and Medical Education Javed Ahmad Dar today started Pulse Polio Immunization campaign by administrating OPV drops to new born baby at Government hospital Gandhi Nagar this morning.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that all out efforts are being made to weed-out polio disease from the State. He said 25 lakh OPV doses are being administrated to an estimate population of more than 17 lakh children in the State. He said over 12000 booths have been setup for the purpose apart from 735 mobile teams moving house to house to ensure that no child shall left un-attended.
The Minister said that collective efforts of medical staff and the cooperation of the people have yield better results and no single case of Polio has been reported last year in the State. He appealed people to take it as a social responsibility and ensure every children below age of 5 years get OPV drops. |
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