Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has urged the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) to work out SOPs for clinics and suggest ways and means to launch tele-medicine clinics so that patients of other diseases could be provided medical treatment. He while talking to Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) delegation on Saturday at CM House. The delegation members were DrQaisarSajad, DrQaziWasiq, Dr Sharif Hashmi and DrQhafoorShoro.
Minister Health DrAzraFazalPechuho, Advisor Law MurtazaWahab, PSCMSajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Health ZahidAbbasi, CM Focal Person Najam Shah and Adl. Secretary Health FayazAbbasi also attended the meeting.
The delegation members suggested the chief minister to totally separate Coronavirus patients from regular hospitals, including Tertiary Care centers so that regular patients could be attended there They also said that PGs should be inducted at the COVID-19 centers after giving their proper training of COVID-19 management and treatment trainings. This would help overcome the shortage of professionals, the PMA suggested.
Minister Health DrAzra said that there were 45,000 PGs and the health dept wanted to start their online training. She urged the PMA to help the government in overcoming the shortage of medical and para-medical staff. The PMA also suggested that the lock down should have been earlier and strict but this could not happen, therefore local spread took place. Replying to the PMA members, the chief minister said that he was of the view to impose lockdown all over Pakistan from March 15 with suspension of all the travel and other facilities. Since, I failed to bring federal and other provincial governments round my views and apprehensions.
, therefore imposition of lockdown because late.
Shah said that he was establishing Isolation centers and field hospitals all over Sindh and the facilities would be almost out of city. “We are using our newly constructed health and education dept buildings and will utilize open grounds by installing marquees there.
