ISLAMABAD: Health Ministry decided to distribute Rs 250 million among flood-affected polio workers. Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel said that workers continued relief activities despite damage caused by calamity. Around 33 million people got effected and polio workers also suffered heavy losses during catastrophe with one third of country under water, Minister added.

Abdul Qadir said that according to polio programme, about 12,500 polio workers have been affected by floods. “In this testing time, we cannot leave our workers alone and we should ensure maximum compensation to polio workers.” he said.

Patel said that majority of polio workers are in Sindh and Balochistan, many of their houses were either washed away in floods or partially damaged. Coordinator Polio Shahzad Baig said that we have more than 350,000 frontline staff and it was difficult task to identify and compile list of workers affected by flood.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 12 2022

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