GHMC Chief reviews arrangements for Pulse Polio drive

Hyderabad, Feb 21 : GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar has directed the DMHO, Hyderabad, Additional Commissioner (H&S) and Additional Commissioner (UCD) to concentrate more on slums and to create awareness about Pulse Polio Programme which is scheduled to be held on 23rd February and also directed to give vide publicity through TV scrolls, Print & Electronic media.

The Commissioner said that said that “we are at the verge of eradicating Polio from the country and this is like our last battle”. The Commissioner chaired the District Task Force Meeting (to conduct of National Immunization Day and Pulse polio Immunization programme on 23rd February 2014) in Panwar Hall today. The Commissioner said that if we fail to eradicate Polio virus completely now, the chances recurrence Polio cases will be more and directed to concentrate more this time since there is no case reported for last few years.

Somesh Kumar said that children on transition are prone to the decease and directed to concentrate on transition points such as railway stations, bus stands and airport. He said that creating awareness and spreading the message is enough for the people living in colonies and directed to concentrate on slums, areas further beyond slums and nobody’s land, which doesn’t fall in the jurisdictions of a particular local body or administration. He further directed to cover such areas, even though there is duplication by other agency for administering Pulse Polio.

The Commissioner directed the Additional Commissioner (H&S) to involve the entomology staff, Additional Commissioner (UCD) to involve Self Help group Women, Slum Level Federations, Town Level Federations, community organizers and project officers in house to house visits to motivate parents to get polio drops for their kids and to assist medical staff in conducting house to house visits during 24th, 25th and 26th February 2014 and Additional Commissioner (advertisement) to release slides of the message to all the cinema theatres. The Commissioner further directed to involve political leaders and invite all 150 Corporators with all courtesies to administer Polio drops in one of the centres of their jurisdiction.

Hyderabad District Collector Mukesh Kumar Meena has appreciated the officials for their good work done in the last Pulse Polio Programme and directed the officials to conduct the programme in the same manner to yield good results duly coordinating among the connected departments.

The GHMC Commissioner directed Additional Commissioner (Health & Sanitation) N Ravi Kiran to furnish the information pertaining to uninterrupted power supply is supplied from 23rd, 24th, 25th & 26th February 2014 to preserve/ freeze the Polio drops medicine so that the Commissioner will interact with the MD, APCPDCL for uninterrupted power supply at the pulse polio locations.

K Siva Parvathi, Additional Commissioner (UCD), Narendrudu, DMHO, Dr P.V. Nanda Kumar Reddy, CMOH, GHMC and officials from Medical wing of DMHO and GHMC have participated in the meeting.  INN