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 […]
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Anti-polio vaccination hooligans set Peshawar hospital ablaze
PESHAWAR: Angry rioters broke down the main gate and set fire to the Mashokhel Hospital in response to unfounded claims that 40 children fell sick after being administered anti-polio drops. Dispelling rumours that the children had been given an unsafe medicine, Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Coordinator Kamran Afridi said, “There can be no reaction […]