Vaccination drive begins on a good note in HK region

Vaccination drive begins on a good note in HK region

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Feb 8,2017: Except for a few unwarranted incidents, Measles-Rubella vaccination drive began smoothly in six districts of Hyderabad Karnataka region on Tuesday. Health activists associated with Health and Family Welfare Department, equipped with vaccination kits, were found visiting schools and administering the vaccines .

Vaccination was suspended for a brief period at a private school in Yadgir town after a girl complained of sweating and giddiness soon after she was vaccinated. Health professionals on the spot treated her. As the news spread, panic-stricken parents rushed to the schools and demanded to stop the drive. However, doctors who treated the girl and officials from Education Department pacified the public and resumed the drive. Earlier, DC Khushboo Goel Chowdhary inaugurated the drive at the Model Government Primary School, Station Bazar, in Yadgir. District Health Officer Diwakar Malage said that a target of covering 4.46 children has been set.

In Jewargi taluk, Kalaburagi district, six children from four schools complained of giddiness soon after they were administered the vaccine. However, paediatricians examined the children and certified that they were alright. “We have not faced any problem so far except for six children complaining of giddiness in Jewargi. Hope we reach the target of vaccinating 8.89 lakh children in the district,” Dr. Sajjan Shetty, District Health and Family Welfare Officer, told The Hindu. Bidar District Health and Family Welfare Officer M.A. Jabbar said that the staff involved in the vaccination drive got full cooperation from the public. “There was no resistance even in areas with low awareness about health,” he said. Officials have set a target of covering 5.24 lakh children in the age bracket of nine months to 15 years across the district.

An estimated 10% of the 7.42 lakh and 4.27 lakh children in Ballari and Koppal districts respectively were immunised on the first day.

H. Ramakrishna and Ramesh Babu, District Health and Family Welfare Officers of Koppal and Ballari respectively, clarified that there were no reports of major side-effects on children after vaccination. No complaints were reported in Raichur where a target of immunising 6.57 lakh children has been set.

Courtesy: The Hindu