Thursday, 23 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
In view of the Pulse Polio drive on Sunday, the Dehradun district administration has directed the health department officials to carry out a detailed homework and work plan to maximise the polio vaccination in the areas where children are more vulnerable to be deprived of the vaccination. In a virtual meeting with the officials of various departments including health, education, Panchayati Raj and women empowerment and child development, the additional district magistrate (ADM) Shiv Kumar Barnwal directed to ensure the implementation of Covid-19 guidelines in all the vaccination centres. He asked the officials to minimise the physical contact with the children as much as possible during the vaccination and if required, parents should be asked to help in giving polio drops. The ADM also asked the health department to allot the duty to staff for the polio drive without causing any disruption in the ongoing Covid vaccination drive.
The district immunisation officer Dinesh Chauhan also informed during the meeting that polio vaccination will be administered in every health centre of every block of the district this Sunday except Chakrata and Kalsi. Subsequently, he said, the seven-day door to door polio vaccination drive will be started from Monday too. He also informed that vaccination will be administered in a total of 1,245 booths including 1,169 permanent booths, 56 transit booths and 20 mobile booths with the help of 249 supervisors. Besides this, 1,002 teams with the help of 334 supervisors will conduct the door to door drive across the district, added Chauhan.
