Children Deprived of Immunization Vacine

  January 2, 2017 By: INSEC

There has been an acute shortage of BCG Vaccine for infant and other free essential medicine like Citamol, Amgit and Digine in health posts at Godawari VDC since three months.

Local volunteer Radhika Joshi said that the patients are in crisis after the shortage in essential medicine. Assistant Health Worker Tirtha Bahadur Bohara said that they have demanded for the medicine to the District Public Health Office however only 50 percent of the medicine has been supplied in a regular basis.

According to the District Public Health Office of Kailali, at present there has been a shortage of immunization vaccine nationwide and tender will be called for the supply of free essential medicine.

The office also said that it was not able to supply free essential medicine to all health posts due to the hectic process in purchasing of medicine.

 


Rabina Chaudhary