By Deepthi Parthasarathy
The nationwide pulse polio immunisation camp held in Thousand Lights for children of this area, drew very few people by noontime.
This camp was in ward number 1 in zone 9.
The camp started at 7:00 am and went on till 4:30 pm.
Suchitra, a UPHC (Urban Primary Heath Centre) worker said that out of the 563 children identified in the whole area, 85 had turned up till 12:00 pm.
She said that 4 people had been assigned to administer the polio vaccine in each of the camps of this area.
Suchitra said that those who did not turn up at these camps would be administered the vaccine during the next campaign.
She said that the publicity for the polio camps was done on Saturday using autos.
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