enior gynecologist, Prof Zahida Baqai has urged the parents to ensure that their children are not denied of essential vaccination against diseases that may not only kill but may also cripple them for life.
Speaking at a workshop on importance of vaccination for mother and child health, organised by gyne-obstetric department of Baqai Medical University, she said equal attention has to be paid towards the health of mothers and children.
“All women in their reproductive age and particularly those planning for a family must be necessarily vaccinated against tetanus,” she was quoted in a press release issued on Wednesday.
Similarly, the gynecologist said that while healthy life style and proper as well as balanced dietary choices were essential for healthy growth of both mothers and children there were ailments that could be prevented through timely vaccination.
“It is the collective responsibility of all people of the country particularly parents, spouse and doctors to ensure that vaccination offered under expanded program on immunisation (EPI) are not denied to the target groups under any condition,” she said.
Pediatrician, Dr Bushra said that six identified vaccine preventable diseases including pneumonia, meningitis, tetanus, tuberculosis, whooping cough, measles and polio must be necessarily administered to all children in accordance to scheduled period following birth of the concerned child.
“We ought to count our blessings and make optimum of what is offered and provided for the betterment of our children.” she told the parents present on the occasion. Gynecologist Dr Parven said women in the seventh or eight month of their pregnancies must be given anti tetanus vaccines as this would protect them against possible infection during and after delivery.
She said that paucity of hospitals and maternity homes in rural areas make anti tetanus vaccination all the more important for women living in our villages. Dr Parveen said all new born must also be immunised against tetanus and also administered other essential vaccines required for their quality health.
The gynecologist said all women aged between 15 to 49 years must be given a five shots course of anti tetanus that will protect them against tetanus for a minimum 20 years’ time.
PMA – Sindh seeks promotion of doctors of provincial health department: Dr Samrina Hashmi, President, Pakistan Medical Association, Sindh, has urged the government to look into the issue of long over-due promotion of doctors associated with provincial health department.
According to a PMA – Sindh press release issued on Wednesday its President, Dr Samrina Hashmi in a meeting with Sindh Secretary for Services, Iqbal Durrani has demanded immediate promotion of doctors working in grade 18 and Grade 19 respectively at public sector facilities of the province for past several years.
She said that senior doctors depriving of their right of timely promotions was a cause of professional disillusionment among them. This has also hindered promotion of junior doctors, presently witnessed to be little interested in government jobs, that may cause acute shortage of doctors in government owned health sector, warned Dr Hashmi.
This is also , besides the fact that, that these doctors often also have to work under most difficult conditions with little provision for security, she said. PMA -Sindh President, also accompanied by Dr Mujtaba Memon, convener of Sindh Doctors Welfare Association, said the Sindh health department must address the problems faced by the doctors as well as other workers associated with health department on priority basis.
