Eight-month-old Mohammad Khan, son of Haji Mohammad Ayoub, resident of village Haji Jan Muhammad Laghari, Union Council Ghulam Shah Laghari near Matli taluka was diagnosed with polio virus.
It is the third case in Sindh outside its provincial capital, following the earlier two cases in Sanghar and Dadu. The health officials believe that it is all because of travelling to affected areas where the virus exists.
“Our teams will take the history of the affected child, as to where the family has travelled in last eight months,” an official of the health department commented on the recent case, saying the history of visiting guests to Laghari family will also help find out where the boy got the virus.
The health officials blamed this case on the teams which visit families. “We’ll check whether the teams have actually visited the house” the official justified on the question of why the vaccine didn’t work.
Another official informed The Express Tribune that the health department has kept its entire focus on Karachi. “It could be the major reason behind the new case from Badin.” The officials who seemed confused was not sure why the doses have not worked, leaving the child paralyzed from the right side.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2014.
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