Administration of Vitamin A drops till October 30

District Collector Ranjeet Singh inaugurated the administration of Vitamin A drops to the babies below the age of 5 years in the district on Monday.

Mr. Ranjeet Singh, who gave Vitamin A drops to a few babies at the Health Sub-Centre in Nannagaram, said the exercise would continue till October 30 to strengthen cognitive development and save the babies between the age of 3 and 5 from vision defects, diarrhoea, respiratory, skin, urinary infections etc.

The Vitamin A drops would be administered in all anganwadis and the Health Sub-Centres up to October 30 (except Wednesdays).

In Tenkasi district, 1,00,634 babies in the age group of 6 months to 60 months would be covered. Hence, the parents should administer their babies with Vitamin A drops during this drive, Mr. Ranjeet Singh said.