NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 3: Two children suffering acute flaccid paralysis, a highly possible outcome of polio, were reported on Saturday in the local Civil Hospital.

Dr Ranjhan Panhwar told this correspondent that the five-year- old, Abdul Ghaffar, son of Niaz Ali Mari, resident of Allah Bukhsh Mari village of Bhirya taluka and the one-year-old, Waheed Ali, son of Khamiso Khan Mahar, resident of the Sadhoja village of Moro taluka were found suffering from the disease.

He said that the EDO, health, would send the cases to Islamabad for further investigation.

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