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| 10 more children die of measles in Lahore | ||
| 2013-05-28 | ||
Over 14,000 children have been affected by the disease and are under treatment in government hospitals across Punjab. Health Department officials claim the situation would be brought under control after two or three weeks when children get proper anti-measles vaccination. Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan of Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Punjab health department to take measures on war footing to control the measles epidemic. The judge also ordered the director general health and other officials to personally appear on May 29. The judge remarked that the steps taken by the health department to control the disease are unsatisfactory and children are dying every day. Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique moved the petition submitting that the Punjab in particular and the rest of the areas of Pakistan in general have been caught by measles. He said that such a disease mostly occurs amongst children and is preventable if precautionary measures are taken by the concerned authorities before its outbreak.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 this sort of thing doesn't happen in civilized countries... Sure it does. The UK had 2,000 cases of measles last year and 1,200 so far this year. Assuming the UK still counts as "civilized." |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-05-28 19:08 |
| #2 Allan wills it. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-28 16:00 |
| #1 One tool in a multi-generational war is to move against the next generation. |
| Posted by: Greans Snolunter9259 2013-05-28 14:25 |