LAHORE: Punjab Institute of Neurosciences’ (PINS) Executive Director, Professor Khalid Mehmood has confirmed that eight doctors of PINS have made a recovery from the COVID-19 on Saturday.
The Executive Director PINS said that the doctors have now tested negative twice for the COVID-19. Khalid Mehmood further said the recently-recovered doctors have resumed their duties at the hospital.
Meanwhile, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid addressed a press conference said that the number of COVID-19 patients is rising daily in the province.
She said the provincial health ministry’s website has all the information related to the COVID-19. She said that an application has been made comprising all the information about the hospitals treating COVID-19 patients.
Dr Rashid said that with the help of the application, a suspected patient can be taken to a nearby hospital on time. The provincial health minister said that the world is busy finding treatment for the virus.
Shooting down news about the shortage of beds and ventilators on social media, the minister said the rumours are false.
Suppliers’ Healthcare has 46 hospitals, which have 27,013 beds, she said, adding that across the province, there are 64 patients on ventilators in these hospitals.
She said in the primary and secondary health sector, there are 142 hospitals with 14,082 beds, continuing that there are 79 ventilators with eight patients in these hospitals.
Dr Rashid said that only for Lahore, Mayo Hospital has a special control room for data. “In Punjab, there are 763 ventilators in government and private hospitals, out of which 668 are still available,” the minister added.
Pakistan has witnessed a spike in coronavirus cases as the number surged to 66,457 in the country, while the death toll stands at 1,395. The country witnessed the highest rise in deaths in a single day from the coronavirus with 78 new cases of death.
As many as 24,131 patients have recovered from the disease, while the country is still witnessing a consistent rise in the COVID-19 cases. Pakistan has so far conducted 532,037 coronavirus tests and 12,020 in the last 24 hours.
There have been 24,104 cases so far been detected in Punjab, 26,113 in Sindh, 9,063 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,087 in Balochistan, 2,192 in Islamabad, 660 in Gilgit Baltistan and 234 in Azad Kashmir.
Out of a total of 1,395 deaths, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 445, Sindh 427, Balochistan 46, Gilgit-Baltistan 09, Punjab 439, Azad Kashmir 06 and Islamabad Capital Territory has reported 23 deaths.
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