Pentavalent Vaccination introduced at
Civil Hospital SIRSA from 21st Dec 2012.
Deputy Commissioner Sirsa Dr J Ganesan and CMO
Sirsa Dr Dayanand speak at the Inauguration
25 December 2012
Pictures and Videos: Amar Singh
Jyani, GS Mann.
Pentavalent Vaccination
introduced at Civil Hospital SIRSA from 21st Dec 2012. Deputy Commissioner
SIRSA Dr J Ganesan inaugurated the start of immunization with Pentavalent.
This is as per program of The Government
of India which has decided to introduce Pentavalent vaccine in the national
immunization programme in selected states, Haryana is one of these select states.
Note: if you have a high speed Internet connection, then you
may Change Quality to 360p/480p or higher for better quality Video. (From
Quality Gear Icon on right hand bottom corner of Video Window)
Pentavalent vaccine provides protection to a child from 5 life-threatening diseases – Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b). DPT (Diptheria+Pertussis+Tetanus) and Hep B are already part of routine immunization in India. Speaking at the occassion Dr Ganesan said that this is a costly vaccine if it is bought privately, which shall be available at Civil hospital henceforth. Dr Dayanand gave details about the additional benefit of 2 more vaccines that are integrated in this 5 in 1 vaccination.
No comments:
Post a Comment