FAISALABAD: Divisional Commissioner Asif Iqbal Chaudhry inaugurated a three-day anti-polio drive at Government General Hospital Ghulam Muhammad Abad here on Saturday.
Formally, the anti-polio campaign will commence from February 18 (Monday).
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the commissioner said that polio vaccine would be administered to 781,248 children under five years of age in Tehsil City and Tehsil Sadar Faisalabad during the drive.
He said that 1854 teams of health department had been deputed to administer anti-polio drops to children during this drive which would continue up to February 20 (Wednesday), whereas February 21 and 22 (Thursday and Friday) would be observed as sweeping days to give polio vaccine to leftover children.
Deputy Commissioner Sardar Saifullah Dogar, Additional Commissioner Rae Wajid Ali, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Health Dr Mushtaq Sipra, Medical Superintendent (MS) General Hospital Dr Abbas Chaudhary, District Health Officer Dr Asif Shehzad, Dr Bilal Ahmad and others were also present on the occasion.
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