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LARKANA, April 26: District Coordination Officer of Larkana Ahmed Bakhsh Khokhar said on Tuesday that serving handicapped people was similar to worshipping. Speaking at a ceremony held to distribute tricycles among eight handicapped persons at his office, he urged philanthropists to come forward to help such people.
The DCO said physically impaired people might be taught some skills at special education centres so that they could become useful citizens of the society.
Tricycles were given to Gulab Khan Ghadhahi, Mohammad Mithal Chandio, Rabail Khokhar, Saleemullah Chandio, Mohammad Ali Wadho, Mohammad Ishaq Thebho, Mohammad Punhal and Bilawal Shaikh.
The DCO also gave a cheque for Rs5,000 to a retired government employee Ali Hassan Jiskani for the dowry of his daughter and Rs3,000 cheque to a handicapped man Ahmed Ali Ghadhahi.
MEDICAL CAMP: The Society for the Protection of Children’s Right arranged a medical camp in Hamal village of Taluka Warrah on Tuesday where medicines were distributed among people suffering from abdominal diseases after consuming contaminated water of Hamal Lake.
Dr Khalid Shah and Dr Hafeez Depar examined patients at the camp. On the occasion, 35 cases of gastroenteritis were detected out of which 20 were children. The doctors, however, said that since none of the cases was serious, the state of emergency had ended.
A large number of women and children suffering from fever and lung infection were also diagnosed and given medicines.
Mukhtiar Samo, coordinator of the CRC Larkana, said the society was struggling for the protection of children rights and trying to provide relief to the ailing humanity.
