PESHAWAR: An attempt to sabotage the countrywide anti-polio vaccination drive was exposed when it was revealed that a group of conspirators forged the illness and hospitalization of children in Mashokhel village to spread panic and misinformation about the polio campaign.
On Monday, residents staged a demonstration outside the hospital and damaged the property. The protesters also broke down the main gate of the hospital and set the building on fire.
EXPOSED :: Watch how young innocent kids were made to lay down in hospital beds and pretend they’re suffering due to Polio vaccination, to give a wrong message to masses regarding the #Polio campaign; SHAME on such people who’re playing with the future of Pakistan ! #Peshawar pic.twitter.com/1f6ZWrrOK7
— PTI KP (Official) (@PTIKPOfficial) April 22, 2019
Hayatabad Medical Complex spokesperson said that the children just complained of dizziness and were largely doing okay.
Speaking to a private reporting source, Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Coordinator Kamran Afridi said, “There can be no reaction to the anti-polio vaccine. The vaccine was not expired and the condition of all the children is normal.”
In videos circulating on the social media, a man can be seen instructing young boys, dressed in madrassa uniform, to lie on hospital beds and pretend to be unconscious, as the boys follow his instructions.
EXPOSED :: Watch carefully how someone was putting words into his mouth regarding the fake and baseless news of deaths due to #Polio vaccination.
InshaAllah, the anti-Polio campaign will continue and we will make Pakistan Polio-Free !
#Peshawar pic.twitter.com/VplLx8v1Ke— PTI KP (Official) (@PTIKPOfficial) April 22, 2019
Afridi maintained, “Doctors also said the children did not get a reaction from the vaccine. There are parents in Masho Khel who do not want to administer the drops to their children and they could have felt sick owing to other reasons.”
Yesterday (April 22) a nationwide campaign to deliver anti-polio drops began.