During the same visit, the CM attended a ceremony for the upgrade of the Bisham Tehsil Headquarters Hospital as well. The hospital was upgraded from a Type D to a Type C one.
Both ceremonies were attended by high ranking government officials as well as elders.
Additionally, a prize distribution ceremony was held in Shangla to reward vaccinators, workers, and officials for their work in the eradication of polio during the 2018 anti-polio campaign.
The rewards were meant to encourage polio and other health workers, according to Shangla EPI coordinator Dr Wajid Ali. The government wants to keep the morale of these workers high. During the ceremony, DHO Mohammad Riaz urged people to vaccinate their children to prevent disabilities.
