A mega exercise to cover children in the age group of 0-5 years and administer vaccination as part of the pulse polio immunisation programme benefited a little over 1.35 lakh children in Tirunelveli district on Sunday.
Assembly Speaker M Appavoo launched the campaign at Panagudi in the presence of officials from the department of health and family welfare led by Deputy Director Krishna Leela. According to them, 918 centres were opened across the district and the vaccination drive was conducted till 5 p.m.
The coverage was so extensive that officials opened kiosks at railway station and bus stands in the district, apart from primary health centres and designated government hospitals. “The objective was to ensure that no child suffered from polio attack,” the officials said and added that MLA Abdul Wahab inaugurated the pulse polio camp at a PHC near Palayamkottai bus stand.
