A 14-year-old boy in Lahore lost his life to poliovirus at Mayo Hospital two days after doctors declared his illness a suspected case of poliovirus.
With the death of Talha, a resident of Ravi Town, on July 27, the total number of recent polio deaths in the province has touched three, including two in Lahore.
Talha was shifted to the Government Said Mitha Hospital on July 25, where doctors declared him a suspected patient of poliovirus. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) report, “The child was fine till he developed fever along with vomiting followed by gradual weakness of both the lower limbs.”
He was shifted to Mayo Hospital where his condition became critical. Talha was then shifted to the Covid-19 intensive care unit at Mayo and placed on a ventilator where he died on July 27.
On July 14, two-year-old Muhammad Ali had died of the disease at Children Hospital, said Dawn quoting a statement issued by the Punjab government late on Saturday. Earlier on July 9, a six-month-old boy had succumbed to the disease in Taunsa Sharif.
Polio campaigns had remained suspended for three months due to Covid-19.
With the death of Talha, a resident of Ravi Town, on July 27, the total number of recent polio deaths in the province has touched three, including two in Lahore.
Talha was shifted to the Government Said Mitha Hospital on July 25, where doctors declared him a suspected patient of poliovirus. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) report, “The child was fine till he developed fever along with vomiting followed by gradual weakness of both the lower limbs.”
He was shifted to Mayo Hospital where his condition became critical. Talha was then shifted to the Covid-19 intensive care unit at Mayo and placed on a ventilator where he died on July 27.
On July 14, two-year-old Muhammad Ali had died of the disease at Children Hospital, said Dawn quoting a statement issued by the Punjab government late on Saturday. Earlier on July 9, a six-month-old boy had succumbed to the disease in Taunsa Sharif.
Polio campaigns had remained suspended for three months due to Covid-19.