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| Health workers boycott anti-polio drive in Mansehra |
| 2015-03-20 |
| [DAWN] The local lady health workers and their supervisors, after the killing of their two colleagues in Tuesday's attack, decided to boycott anti-polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... campaigns till provision of complete security to them. Two female health workers and a police guard were rubbed out by gunnies in mountainous Danna area of the district on Tuesday when they were vaccinating children. The funeral prayers of both the health workers -- Sattara Gul and Kaniz Nurgis -- were offered in Sheikabad area. A large number of people including health employees took part in the funeral prayers. Deputy Commissioner Aamer Khattak, who also attended the funeral prayers, told journalists that the ongoing polio campaign in the district was postponed till further orders. He said that the decision was taken in a meeting, which was also attended by District Health Officer Dr Sardar Bashir. Mr Khattak said that provincial government had also announced Rs1 million each for the families of the killed health workers and employment to one family member of both the victims. "We put off the anti-polio drive till next orders for the protection of polio workers," he asid. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Smart ladies. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-03-20 09:39 |