The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Sindh through World Bank assisted Sindh Resilience Project has ordered medical equipment, including 100 ventilators, 200 patient monitors, 15 mobile X-ray units, Personal Protection equipments (PPEs) for over 15,000 medical professionals and over 150,000 surgical masks etc.
A spokesperson for the PMDA said the authority is in the process of procuring medical equipment, including 100 ventilators and 200 monitors.
These equipments would be handed over to Health Department, Government of Sindh for use at various hospitals, medical centers and quarantine facilities. Meanwhile, PDMA Sindh in continuation of its awareness campaign is continuously disseminating awareness messages and making phone calls to passengers who have recently travelled to Pakistan to guide them about the precautions to be taken against Corona virus and motivating them to engage in self isolation or contact Health Department if God forbid any symptoms arise.
Minister Rehabilitation Department, Faraz Dero in a message said that PDMA Sindh is working round the clock for the betterment of public and shall continue to support frontline health workers and will never rest till the COVID-19 is dealt with accordingly. He further said that, the services rendered by the staff of PDMA at this time is really appreciable and further directed them to continue withthe noble work for the safety of society and public at large.
According to the Sindh Health Department, Karachi has 222 cases of the novel coronavirus, Dadu one and Hyderabad seven. 265 cases were detected in pilgrims quarantined in Sukkur upon return from Iran. Seven cases have been detected in Larkana. There aretotal of 171 cases of local transmission.
