Govt distributes Rs 250 mln in flood-affected polio workers: Patel.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for National Health Services, Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday said that an amount of Rs 250 million has been given to frontline polio workers affected by the floods across the country.

During a meeting at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), the minister handed over cheques for polio workers affected by the floods.

He gave cheques to the Coordinators of the Emergency Operations Centres (EOC) in Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.

In Sindh, the process has been completed by supporting frontline workers with financial assistance in 22 affected districts of the province.

'On this first working day of the year, I want to thank polio workers across the country for their services to the children of Pakistan and reiterate the government's commitment to ending transmission of polio in 2023,' the minister said in his briefing to EOC staff.

The Pakistan Polio Programme conducted a comprehensive assessment of the damages that polio workers suffered this summer when unprecedented rains and flooding affected 33 million people.

The financial support is for workers whose homes were either washed away in the floods or partially damaged. Nearly 12,500 polio health workers were affected by the floods...