Four members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district have been affected with polio even after they were administered with polio drops on time. The family lives in Bhatgavan village in Haidergarh town, while the father died of cancer 10 years ago. The children are in different stages of disability. Their mother said: "All my children were afflicted with polio after they became 10 years old.
I took them to the primary health centre and then to some private doctors but their condition has shown no improvement. We had administered polio drops to all the children when they were younger." All four have studied till primary school and only the eldest son has completed his matriculation. The mother fends for the family by working as a daily wage labourer and running a tiny general merchant shop which her children take care of. A senior doctor in the health department, when informed…
