KHYBER AGENCY: Two children died and 11 others affected badly when they were administered anti-polio drops in Shalober, Kamber area of tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency on Wednesday.
The local and administration sources informed that health condition of 13 children deteriorated after they were administered anti-polio drops in the ongoing polio eradication campaign. They were shifted to Peshawar hospital where two infants died. Five children were discharged after providing medical treatment while six affected were admitted in the hospital, health sources told.
According to the parents, the children died they were administered polio drops, however agency surgeon Dr Niaz Afridi said that polio drops and measles vaccination have been administered to the children and so far reason of their death was unknown.
He said that sample of the vaccine have been sent to Islamabad to sort out cause of death. The deceased were identified as Abu Bakar and Musa.
