Quetta: Deputy Commissioner Sibbi, Dr. Yasir Khan Bazai said that government has been working on war-footing basis to fight polio disease.
Presiding over a meeting here, he said target has been set to eliminate polo from the area. Urging polio workers to motivate parents, He said all segments of society will have to play their role to get rid of polio.
On the occasion, District Health Officer, Dr. Akbar Solungi, Medical Superintendent, Civil Hospital Sibi, Dr. Rafiq Mastoe, Dr. Zafar, District Support Manager, People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI), Muhammad Anis Mandokhail and others were also present.
District Health Officer Dr. Akbar Sulangi said that all arrangements for five-day-anti-polio drive (September 21 to September 25, 2020) had been finalized and 43865 children below the age of five would be administered with anti-polio drops during anti-polio campaign to be kicked off from September 21.