Health Supervisors called off strike, announce to join anti-polio drive

MULTAN, Feb 13th: Lady Health supervisors have announced to call off their strike and agreed to join the anti-polio campaign to be started from Feb 15 in Punjab province on the assurance of Makhdoom Javed Hashmi who assured them redressal of their grievances and convey their problems to Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif. A delegation of National Health Association comprising Rukhsana Anwar(Chairman), Sajida Hameed (provincial Chief) Nargis Wazir, Shazia Arshad, Saira Naqvi, Tahira Nasreen, Asma, Nighat Perveen, Mumtaz Bibi, Asia Perveen, Kehkashan, Khalida Akmal, Sardar Ahmed, Abdul Latif, Khizar Hayat. However they welcomed the Federal Goivernment’s decision to fix minimum salary of Health workers at Rs.6000.. EDO(Health Multan said the three-day national anti-polio campaign will get under way from February 15, and for this purpose, we have finalised the necessary arrangements and also asked the ditrict Health officers to lead and monitor the mobile vaccination teams as well as campaign so that desired results could be achieved. The campaign will last three days, ending on February 17 (Wednesday), while designated hospitals would continue to administer the vaccine. Teams have been formed to travel door-to-door and vaccinate children. Special teams would also be deputed at major hospitals in the district besides being at all the basic health units, regional headquarters, and tehsil and district hospitals.The teams would also be present at bus stands, railway stations and airport and anyone leaving or coming into the city would be able to avail the polio vaccination for their children, He said that 0.7 million children in Multan would be vaccinated

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