Immunization crisis deepens as girl dies of diphtheria at PIMS

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ISLAMABAD: A 14 -year -old girl from Nanakana District has died due to Dutheria, Dutheria, due to Dutheria in Islamabad, while two more children from the boner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and another are related to the Federal and Federal Health. And, in the facts of Pakstein’s deep amnesty.

These are the three parts of the world are confirmed by the disease -capable disease -capable disease lab, but now provincial vaccination programs are now re -emerging in Pakistan due to low coverage of vaccinations and widespread neglect.

The dead girl was inserted on July 22 with advanced fever, neck swelling and respiratory discomfort. Despite aggressive treatment, including the intravenous Difteria Antitucts (DAT), she died on July 26 at 5:30 pm with maccardite, severe kidney injury, and severe metabolic acidosis. The second patient, an 8 -year -old girl with a downplay and brain stroke, is currently on the low flow oxygen in Pims. Medical records show that she was infected with vaccinations, and that her condition deteriorated after seven days of inflammation and fever. His father was killed, and his illiterate mother was unaware of the history of her vaccination. The third patient, a 12 -year -old KP boy, retired on July 25 after the ICU’s long stay. It was diagnosed with complex diethria due to neuropathy, maukarditis, and desire pneumonia and offered 105 ° F fever, brown throat membrane, and breathing difficulty.

These dangerous issues have raised concerns over the failure of the country’s immunization. Although Difteria anticoxin is available in limited quantities, officials say the real problem is the increasing number of zero food children who have never received a single vaccine dose despite the availability of free vaccines under the expansion program on protective vaccination (EPI).

“Pakistan’s EPI vaccines contains three doses of the Pentify vaccine, available globally and free -cost Pentify vaccine in 14 weeks,” said a senior PIMS infectious disease expert. “Still, due to chronic mismanagement, corruption, and hiring unqualified staff at the provincial level, a large number of children are suffering from irreversible and deadly but viable diseases.”

According to a consultative issued by the District Health Office (DHO) Islamabad July 26, Dutheria poses a new public health risk, which many children are sensitive to vaccinating. Advisory emphasizes immediate vaccination, launch of faster treatment, and strict infection control measures. Despite this prevention, Dutheria continues to be restored. Experts have warned that despite the proper treatment, 1 out of 10 patients with respiratory diaphragia can die, and without treatment, deaths can reach 50 %. Younger children and immune composite patients are particularly at risk. What is more complicated by its outbreak. There is a lack of reliable national data. “Punjab, Sindh, KP, and Balochistan, with NIH, fail to distribute the figures of the case,” said a surveillance official. “We only receive reports of suspected cases scattered, making it impossible to detect real -time outbreak.”

International organizations, including WHO, UNICEF and Gavi, have flagged the growing number of children in Pakistan as a major global concern. Despite spending billions of rupees on vaccinations with the support of a foreign donor, the vaccination system continues to miss hundreds of thousands of children every year.

“This is not a matter of financing. It is a crisis of rule and accountability,” said a former health ministry official. “Without quick reform and implementation, we are already moving towards the vaccine, where children die of dietary, measles, polio and other diseases that have long been defeated by the world.”

The Ministry of Health has once again urged parents to ensure their children, especially the Pentulant Foods fully vaccinated, while health care professionals are advised to start treatment without waiting for the lab in suspicious cases.

Since more and more children fight for their lives and have already lost it, the rehabilitation of Difteria works due to Pakistan’s broken immunization system and a weekend call, which has produced deadly results from prevention diseases.