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Sirsa, July 7
The detection of a suspected case of polio at Gadrana village in this district has put the health authorities on alert. The authorities have taken samples of the stool of the 15-month-old victim and sent these for testing to Kasauli.
The victim, Harman, son of farmer Gurtej Singh, from Gadrana village fell on the ground while walking on June 20 and could not stand again.
Gurtej Singh said when he took his child to a doctor, he told that it could be polio.
He claimed that he had administered doses of polio drops regularly to his child and was worried as to how he suffered from the disease despite that.
Later, he took his child to the community health centre, Kalanwali, where doctors took samples of his stool. Dr Viresh Bhushan, Deputy Civil Surgeon, Sirsa, however, maintained that the child suffered from symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). He said in all such cases, samples of the patient were taken and sent to Kasauli for testing to rule out the possibility of polio. The report of the samples, he said, could take 10 or more days.
Dr Bhushan said cases of the AFP had been reported in the district in the past too, but during tests, these had been found to be negative for polio.
The detection of a suspected case of polio at Gadrana village in this district has put the health authorities on alert. The authorities have taken samples of the stool of the 15-month-old victim and sent these for testing to Kasauli.
The victim, Harman, son of farmer Gurtej Singh, from Gadrana village fell on the ground while walking on June 20 and could not stand again.
Gurtej Singh said when he took his child to a doctor, he told that it could be polio.
He claimed that he had administered doses of polio drops regularly to his child and was worried as to how he suffered from the disease despite that.
Later, he took his child to the community health centre, Kalanwali, where doctors took samples of his stool. Dr Viresh Bhushan, Deputy Civil Surgeon, Sirsa, however, maintained that the child suffered from symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). He said in all such cases, samples of the patient were taken and sent to Kasauli for testing to rule out the possibility of polio. The report of the samples, he said, could take 10 or more days.
Dr Bhushan said cases of the AFP had been reported in the district in the past too, but during tests, these had been found to be negative for polio.
