KARACHI, March 17: Sindh Local Government Adviser Wasim Akhter inaugurated a free Hepatitis-B vaccination camp at Qasba Colony in Orangi on Friday. The camp was organized by Khursheed Begum Memorial Medical Centre of Orangi Town, a sub-organization of Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation. About 600 children and infants were vaccinated at the camp.

Talking to newsmen, Waseem Akhtar said that such free vaccination camps against fatal diseases would be organized on regular basis in the areas where people could not afford the price of vaccination.

The next free Hepatitis-B vaccination camp would be held at the same place after a period of three months, he said. Administrator and other officials of Khursheed Begum Memorial Medical Centre were present on the occasion. —PPI