Polio drops to be administered on Feb 19 and April 1

Polio drops to be administered on Feb 19 and April 1

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 17, 2012: Addressing reporters at a press meet held on Feb 17 Friday, O. R. Shrirangappa, the district health officer, said that pulse polio drops will be administered to kids in the age group of 0 – 5 years under the National Pulse Polio Program for 2011 – 2012 on Feb 19 Sunday and April 1. 

Stating that polio drops will be administered to 165136 children in DK, he said 921 booths will be set up all over the district, along with 6 mobile booths. Around 3788 vaccinators, 187 supervisors, and 21 transit teams have been deployed for the purpose. 

A total of 655 health department officials, 2102 Angawadi workers, 1045 Asha workers, and 105 program implementation officials, in-charge officials, and doctors will be part of the program. 

Polio drops will be administered in the district health center office, the taluk health center office, government hospitals, community health centres, primary health centre, and city family welfare centres. The district administration has already made the required arrangements. 

Stating that migrants are more prone to the disease, he said that the health department has made arrangements to identify migrant labourers and teams have been formed to visit building construction sites so that kids can be vaccinated on the spot. 

He also said that only one polio case was reported from Howrah in West Bengal in 2011, adding that polio has reduced all over the world thanks to the efforts of the health department. He said that the health department will try to eliminate polio completely from the country. 

Further, he said that the department will conduct door-to-door vaccination, urging people to render their support and provide details of kids in the house. Stating that people living in flats do not allow vaccinators to enter, he urged people to support the cause as much as possible.

Medical officers such as Dr. Balakrishna Rao, Dr. Rukmini, Dr. Kishore, Dr. Rajesh, and Dr. Arun Kumar were also present.