LAHORE: A resident of Sanda locality teased and thrashed on resistance two lady health workers (LHWs) after they entered his house to administer polio drops to children.

A spokesman for the DCO said LHWs on the first day of a three-day anti-polio drive entered the house of Muhammad Sufian.

“As polio workers were preparing for administering drops to children, the suspect (father of the children) started teasing them. When lady workers stopped him from doing so, Sufian fell into a rage and started slapping and pushing them,” the spokesman told Dawn.

On being informed, the Sanda police rushed to the place, arrested the suspect and registered a case against him for misbehaving with and teasing polio workers.

Meanwhile, the CDGL on Monday launched another round of a three-day polio drive in all 150 union councils of the provincial metropolis.

As many as 4,200 polio teams will administer polio drops to 1.570 million children of five years or below, according to a spokesman.

Published in Dawn, September 15th, 2015

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