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Four polio cases found in Jharkhand

Four children have been found to suffer from polio in separate villages of Pakar district in Jharkhand since July and they were undergoing treatment, Civil Surgeon Dr Yogeswar Ram said in Pakur on Sunday.

Updated on: Aug 22, 2010, 21:22:53 IST
PTI | By , Pakur
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Four children have been found to suffer from polio in separate villages of Pakar district in Jharkhand since July and they were undergoing treatment, Civil Surgeon Dr Yogeswar Ram said in Pakur on Sunday.

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"All the children are undergoing treatment," he said adding the patients had been detected between July 30 and Aug 20.

The polio cases surfaced despite special anti-polio drive.

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