Poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, affects four members of a family living in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP). The family lives in Bhatgavan village in Haidergarh town, while the father Siddiqui died of cancer 10 years ago.
‘Four members of a family in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district have been affected with poliomyelitis (polio) even after they were administered with polio drops on time.’
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Their mother, Hasigul, said: "All my children were afflicted with polio after they became 10 years old. I took them to the primary health center and then to some private doctors, but their condition have 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. Haisgul fends for the family by working as a daily wage laborer and running a tiny general merchant shop which her children take care of.
A senior doctor in the health department, when informed of the case, said that the disability was probably due to a genetic factor. There is no polio case in Hasigul's maternal family.
"The symptoms are of polio, but an advanced medical investigation is needed to ascertain the factors behind it," he said.
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The children have not even been given disability certificates, and the family only has a ration card.
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Source-IANS