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| First polio case of
the year in NWFP
A polio case has been reported in the district, which is
the first this year in the Frontier province.
The victim is 18-month-old Niamatullah, son of Musa Jan, of the Azakhel
village, Nowshera. Health officials said the stool sample of the child
had been sent to laboratory on April 27, and the report confirmed the
child positive for polio. The provincial health department has announced
to conduct a three-day mop up campaign from May 22 in areas surrounding
the Nowshera district, including Mardan, Peshawar, Swabi, Malakand region
and the Khyber Agency.
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Another polio case detected
After reporting eight consecutive positive cases of polio this year,
the provincial health authorities of Sindh heaved a sigh of relief after
the NWFP provincial office of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation
(EPI) declared the first polio case from NWFP in the current year as
positive here on Monday. Parents must understand the importance of additional
doses and should not trust misconceptions about repeated doses. They
should ensure that their child is immunised and receives his share of
the two vital OPV drops during all upcoming campaigns. Paediatricians
should join hands by apprising parents of the importance of strengthening
children’s immunity level by giving them multiple doses during
each campaign. The only way children can be saved from the deadly virus
is making sure that they receive all routine and extra doses.
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| Make schools safe havens in disasters:
International conference says
A three-day international conference on school safety concluded here
on Friday with the declaration that “school safety needs to become
a national priority” for communities and governments everywhere.
“Schools are multi-functional assets for communities. Schools are
places of learning, community activities and can be safe havens in times
of disaster,” declared the three-day conference held as part of
the celebrations of Karim Aga Khan’s Golden Jubilee.
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| The children are innocent, relatives
claim
The Eidgah police arrested 17 “suspects” from Nishtar Road
on Friday, reportedly to cover up for their own negligence. The arrests
were followed by a protest against the police by residents of the area.
They burned tires and pelted passing vehicles and the police station with
stones. On Wednesday, three bandits were torched alive by a mob on Nishtar
Road. The incident took place near Timber Market, within the jurisdiction
of the Eidgah police station. Three unknown people, posing as KESC officials,
had barged into a flat belonging to Akbar Soomro, and had taken his daughter,
Iqra, hostage at gunpoint. Soomro was at work at the time, and only the
women were at home. They were locked in a room by the robbers.
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| Polio re-emergence rings alarm bells
More than 70 cases of polio were reported during the past two years throughout
the country which include 24 cases in Sindh. It was revealed by a representative
of World Health Organisation, Javed Ahmed Bhutto, while briefing a meeting
of district polio eradication committee chaired by the DCO of Nawabshah
on Wednesday. He said 41 cases were reported in 2006, while 30 cases were
reported in 2007 throughout the country.Mr Javed said that there was a
need for a more concerted effort to eradicate the menace from the country.
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| Gastroenteritis patients hospitalized
Twenty gastroenteritis patients from different villages, including eight
children of a family, were admitted to the Civil Hospital. Dr told reporters
that the disease mostly spreads in hot season because of unhygienic conditions
and contaminated drinking water. He said some were in critical condition.Patients
have complained of not being supplied with medicines by hospital administration.NADRA:
Regional headquarters Nadra Sukkur has announced a 13-day mobile service
in Union Council Kandiaro for preparation of the NICs. |
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