LAHORE: Deputy Commissioner Lahore Rafia Haider formally inaugurated anti-polio
drive by administering polio vaccine to children at the Mian Mir Hospital here on Monday.
During the seven-day drive starting from Oct 02 to 08, as many as two million children under five years of age would be administrated anti-polio drops and for this purpose, 6404 teams had been formed.
Talking on the occasion, DC Rafia Haider said that Union Council Monitoring Officers and Area In-charges would perform duties in the field to make polio drive a success. She maintained that all district officers and assistant commissioners would monitor the drive in their respective tehsils.
Rafia urged the parents to get their children administered anti-polio drops to protect them from lifelong disability. “Polio free Lahore is our mission”, she added. Meanwhile, Assistant Commissioner Model Town Sahibzada Yousaf inspected UC-127 to check polio workers’ attendance and performance.
AC Shalimar Anam Fatima visited UC 52 to review performance of mobile and transit trams in the area.