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By Our Staff Reporter
A child being administered polio drops at a hospital of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike during the Pulse Polio Immunisation drive in Bangalore on Sunday. — Photo: Murali Kumar K.
BANGALORE, OCT. 10. As much as 70 per cent of the targeted 6.85 lakh children aged less than five were administered polio drops during the fifth round of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme here on Sunday. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) had made elaborate arrangements for the vaccination programme. The Mayor, P.R. Ramesh, inaugurated the programme by administering polio vaccine to children at the H. Siddhaiah Road Referral Hospital. The Principal Secretary for Health and Family Welfare, D. Thangaraj, also administered polio drops to children at the K.C. General Hospital in Malleswaram.
7,000 volunteers
Nearly 7,000 volunteers, including students from city colleges, medical and nursing students, Rotary Club members and representatives from non-government organisations, took part in the immunisation drive. The civic body had set up 1,850 polio booths in and around the city, which included 130 mobile and transit teams. During the last round on May 9 (Sub-National Immunisation Day), the BMP had covered 6.9 lakh children. A house-to-house campaign will be taken up for the next three days, not only in the city but also elsewhere. Volunteers will administer drops to children who were not immunised today. The Mayor and the BMP Commissioner, K. Jothiramalingam, have appealed to the people, especially parents to cooperate with the volunteers. Nearly 73 lakh children are to be immunised during the immunisation programme in the State. Care had been taken by the Government and the participating voluntary organisations to reach out to children in high-risk areas such as peri-urban areas, construction sites and temporary settlements. Efforts were made to immunise children of certain resistant groups in some districts, especially in north Karnataka. According to representatives of the National Polio Surveillance Project, special officers have been appointed in some high-risk districts to assess preparedness of the volunteers for the programme.
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