Patiala, March 1 - Civil surgeon Dr. Raminder Kaur today flagged off the rickshaws from the Civil Surgeon's office to promote the campaign in connection with Pulse Polio campaign from March 3 to 5 under National Immunization Day. He said that these rickshaws have been arranged by the health department to promote the polio campaign in different mohallas, slum areas, factory areas, colonies and different parts of the city.
He said that this time the target has been set to administer polio vaccine drops to all 1,83,478 children between 0-5 years of age in the district and to make this campaign successful, on March 03, Sunday, the children will be administered the medicine at various places in the district. 922 booths will be installed and 32 transit points will be constructed. Apart from this, 25 mobile teams have also been formed, which will administer anti-polio drops to the children of laborers living in slums, marriage palaces, kilns, paths, grain markets, shellers and under-construction buildings. 194 supervisors have been appointed to look after their work. District Vaccination Officer Dr. Gurpreet Kaur appealed that during the campaign, people must take polio vaccine to protect their children between 0-5 years from the unwanted disease of polio. He said that on Sunday, March 3, booths will be installed in every village/city, public places as required and the children who will be deprived of drinking drops at these booths on March 3 for any reason, they will be sent to the health department on March 4 and 5. Polio vaccine drops will be applied from house to house by the teams of On this occasion, District Immunization Officer Dr Gurpreet Kaur, District Family Welfare Officer Dr SJ Singh, District Dental Health Officer Dr Sunanda, District Mass Media Officer Krishan Kumar, Deputy Mass Media Officer Jasjit Kaur, Geeta Rani, Kuldeep Kaur, Jaspal Kaur and other staff. was present