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PULSE POLIO DRIVE BEGINS IN CITY
As part of the first phase of the national-level Pulse Polio vaccination drive for the year-2006, District-in-charge Minister D.T. Jayakumar inaugurated the drive at Cheluvamba Hospital in city this morning by administering Polio drops to a child.
Speaking on the occasion he said that it was the duty and responsibility of the State Government to provide food, clothing and shelter to all its citizens. He, however, regretted over the population boom which had led to various socio-economic problems.
He called upon the parents to get their children (below five years of age) immunised against Polio any number of times if they are under the age of five years.
District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr. Krishnaswamy spoke about the campaign.
He declared the Mysore district as Polio-free. He further said that only one case of Polio was reported in Bangalore city in 2004.
MLA H.S. Shankaralingegowda presided. Mayor Bharathi was the chief guest. MLA M.K Somashekhar, Deputy Commissioner S. Selvakumar, Corporation Commissioner Dr. K.N. Chandreshekhar, ZP Vice-President K. Marigowda, Minister Jayakumar's wife Sudha, Cor-porator Sumathi, Cheluvamba Hospital Superintendent Dr. Damayanthi and others were present on the occasion.
The programme was organised under the auspices of the District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, District Health and Family Welfare Department and the Government Medical College.
1578 Polio centres have been set up in the district and 298 in the city targeting 3,05,528 children in the district including 98,600 children in city.
Mayor Bharathi inaugurated the drive at the Primary Health Centre in Ittigegud.
Polio centres have been set up also at the city Railway Station, bus stands and other strategic points for administering Polio drops to children. Several mobile units were also pressed into service
# Posted : Thursday, April 13, 2006
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