Quake children to be vaccinated
All children leaving the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps will be vaccinated against infectious diseases. The vaccination will be carried out by female health workers, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday at a meeting chaired by Mohammad Nasir Khan, the federal Health minister.
An increasing number of TB cases have been registered in the earthquake-affected areas and treatment was provided through the directly observed treatment short course (DOTs) programme. The meeting was informed that patients suffering from spinal injuries had been shifted from public hospitals to spinal injury units, while 97 patients had been admitted to the National Institute for Handicapped (NIH), seven to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), 33 to the PIMS Satellite Hospital and 91 were admitted to the Cantonment General Hospital (CGH).
Source: Daily Times
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