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1,142 children paralysed in over three months
Ikram Junaidi ? Updated about 17 hours ago
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health admitted 1,142 children under the age of five, with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) during the last three-and-a-half months of the year.
AFP is a condition in which upper or lower part of the body stops working. If lower part stops working child becomes unable to walk and if upper part of the body is paralysed children have to be put on the ventilator because their lungs stop functioning.
According to a document, available with Dawn, in January 360 samples were received by the lab for AFP for analysis to identify the reason for paralysis. In February 354 samples were recived, in March 410 and in the first 13 days of April 18 samples from AFP patients were received.
The document shows that out of 1,142 children, 21 were paralysed because of polio virus and 1,121 children were paralysed because of other reasons...
1,142 children paralysed in over three months
Ikram Junaidi ? Updated about 17 hours ago
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health admitted 1,142 children under the age of five, with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) during the last three-and-a-half months of the year.
AFP is a condition in which upper or lower part of the body stops working. If lower part stops working child becomes unable to walk and if upper part of the body is paralysed children have to be put on the ventilator because their lungs stop functioning.
According to a document, available with Dawn, in January 360 samples were received by the lab for AFP for analysis to identify the reason for paralysis. In February 354 samples were recived, in March 410 and in the first 13 days of April 18 samples from AFP patients were received.
The document shows that out of 1,142 children, 21 were paralysed because of polio virus and 1,121 children were paralysed because of other reasons...