Bhag (Special Report): The ongoing four-day polio vaccination campaign in Bhag has come under severe criticism after reports surfaced that health teams marked doors without actually administering drops to children.
According to local residents, the campaign has been reduced to a formality, with polio workers conducting fake door markings instead of ensuring genuine immunization. Citizens expressed concern that if such negligence exists in the city center, the situation in surrounding villages and remote areas can only be worse.
A local resident, Ghulam Muhammad Abro, revealed that polio workers visited his neighborhood but left after marking doors — without vaccinating the children.
Observers say that such incidents undermine the credibility of the National Polio Eradication Programme and put countless children at risk.
It is worth mentioning that polio remains a crippling and life-threatening disease, and global organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO) have invested billions of rupees in efforts to eradicate it. However, the situation on the ground remains disappointing and alarming, with fake reporting continuing to hamper Pakistan’s progress toward a polio-free future.
