Follow Ramesh's Journey

Cycle to Walk on Tb Television

by Media Coordinator, posted in Press Coverage - Mon, June 30, 2008

“In 1953 the polio epidemic peaked in Canada with one of the highest incidences of infection recorded in the world. Since the release of the vaccine, worldwide instances of polio have dropped 99 per cent but polio remains endemic in a number of countries, including India where Ferris was born.“

“A young man stricken with polio as an infant is on a mission to eradicate the disease worldwide. Ramesh Ferris is in Thunder Bay this week raising awareness and money by cycling across the country on a hand-pedalled bicycle.“

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