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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/706544/fake-vaccination-in-hunt-for-certification-polio-drops-optional/
Fake vaccination: In hunt for certification, polio drops ?optional?
By Sehrish Wasif / Sameer Mandhro
Published: May 10, 2014
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD:
In the wake of the global travel curbs recommended for Pakistanis over the spread of polio, hospital workers are scrambling to issue vaccination certificates to would-be travellers ? in some cases without actually administering polio drops.
At least that is what is happening in Islamabad and Karachi, where some travellers are avoiding taking the required polio drops.
The Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic) ? the second largest public hospital in the capital ? is one such place. Naheed Mushtaq, who is planning to visit Canada to see her daughter, went to the Polyclinic hospital to get a vaccination certificate as required for travel abroad.
?The man who was issuing the certificate just asked people to give their passport numbers ? without any verification ? and how many certificates they needed,? she described her experience. ?He even asked us to get the certificate without taking polio drops saying there was no need.?
The hospital official stamped the certificate with the signature of Dr Farrukh Iqbal, the assistant executive director of the hospital.
The entire procedure is settled for a meagre Rs20, said Mushtaq...
Fake vaccination: In hunt for certification, polio drops ?optional?
By Sehrish Wasif / Sameer Mandhro
Published: May 10, 2014
KARACHI / ISLAMABAD:
In the wake of the global travel curbs recommended for Pakistanis over the spread of polio, hospital workers are scrambling to issue vaccination certificates to would-be travellers ? in some cases without actually administering polio drops.
At least that is what is happening in Islamabad and Karachi, where some travellers are avoiding taking the required polio drops.
The Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic) ? the second largest public hospital in the capital ? is one such place. Naheed Mushtaq, who is planning to visit Canada to see her daughter, went to the Polyclinic hospital to get a vaccination certificate as required for travel abroad.
?The man who was issuing the certificate just asked people to give their passport numbers ? without any verification ? and how many certificates they needed,? she described her experience. ?He even asked us to get the certificate without taking polio drops saying there was no need.?
The hospital official stamped the certificate with the signature of Dr Farrukh Iqbal, the assistant executive director of the hospital.
The entire procedure is settled for a meagre Rs20, said Mushtaq...