Sir: Polio epidemic is again on the rise in Pakistan and the efforts of the concerns authorities for the eradication of this virus are appreciable.
What an irony is that lives of those workers who administrating Polio vaccination are in danger. Recently, a female polio worker has become killed in Quetta’s Bhosa Mandi.
In January 2018, a mother and her daughter were vaccinating polio drops also killed during a brazen attack in Quetta’s Hazara Ganji area. In April 2018 a female polio worker was injured in Nawan Kalli area of provincial capital. It last I would like to request the government and concerns authorities to take a great step to protect the polio workers who are always present to make Pakistan a polio free country and it is also the responsibility of every citizen to support the polio workers who put their lives in danger to save the children from this virus.
BAKHTIYAR PHULLAN
Kech Turbat
Published in Daily Times, January 3rd 2019