LAHORE:
A health worker was assaulted while administered the human papilloma vaccine at a Government Girls School in Chak 38, Kuthiala Sheikhan area of the Mandi Bahauddin district.
According to the one presented at the Kuthiale Sheikhan Police Station, the worker, Ghulam Sughra, was part of a mobile vaccination team that visited the school under the immunization campaign of the HPV in the current Punjab.
She claimed that a local woman, together, along with several accomplices, grabbed, hit and abused verbally, interrupting the vaccination process.
Police have registered a case under sections 186 (obstructing a public servant) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Criminal Code against Parveen and another 15. NO arrests have yet been made, although the investigators said that efforts are being made to identify all the suspects and register statements of witnesses.
The district health officer, Dr. Muhammad Javed, confirmed that the campaign would continue as planned, with additional certainty for field teams. “Our workers are public servants who deliver a vaccine to save lives. We will not allow intimidation to derail this essential work,” he said.
Run at the beginning of this year with the support of the World Health Organization and UNICEF, the impulse of HPV HPV of Punjab inoculate teenagers to prevent cervical cancer.
The authorities recognized that resistance has occasionally appeared in rural areas, largely driven by erroneous information. Medical associations have urged a stronger community participation and improved protection for first -line workers.
Punjab Minister for the health and well -being of the population Khawaja Imran Nazir strongly condemned the incident, saying: “Health workers are our sisters and daughters. His humiliation will never be tolerated. I am with all our LHW that are on the first line of this noble mission.”
The minister warned that those involved would face strict punishment and said he had ordered the district police officer to guarantee immediate arrests. Appealing to the public, he added: “Do not fall into false propaganda. This vaccine is a guarantee of a safe and healthy future for our daughters.”
The Provincial Health Department has also requested a detailed report by the CEO Health Mandi Bahauddin, while police efforts to stop suspects are underway.
